Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 16, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21814
Part
Skin
Part number
65545662
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 580
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

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING LFEC INSPECTIONS PER SI 4-74176-12AD ON THE S26L LAP JOINT, CRACK INDICATIONS WERE NOTED BETWEEN BS 480 AND BS 681. HFEC INSPECTIONS CONFIRMED 4 CRACK INDICATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, A 2.5 INCH CRACK RUNNING FWD/AFT WAS NOTED AT S25L AT BS 540. REPAIRED PER ERA 332881-14AD, REV E.