Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 30, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N528DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21702
Part
Skin
Part number
65545661
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 486
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 26R SKIN LAP SPLICE INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN NEAR FS 486. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE PANEL LENGTH CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK AT FS 486. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 367069-14AD.