SDR DL72S990608

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: March 16, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N498DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21142
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
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 480 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 8 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 440 AND 460. THE CRACKED AREA OF SKIN LAP SPLICE WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366965-14AD.