Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 8, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N497DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21077
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 440-460
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 481 REVEALED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. HFEC INTERNAL INSPECTION CONFIRMED TWO CRACKS BETWEEN FS 440 AND 460. THE CRACKS WERE ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A366797-14AD, REV B.