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
65654703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 400-420
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 4L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 480 INDICATED A CRACK IN LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 3 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 400 AND 420. THE CRACKS WERE CUT OUT AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366923-14AD.