Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 11, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21151
Part
Skin
Part number
65545672
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 720
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 680 TO 740 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 720 AND 720A. THE CRACKED AREA WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366917-14AD.