Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 9, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N403DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21147
Part
Skin
Part number
65545672
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 660-681
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 481 AND 681 REVEALED A CRACK BETWEEN FS 660 AND 681 IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. HFEC INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE PANEL CONFIRMED THE SINGLE CRACK. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP SPLICE AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366852-14AD, REV A.