SDR DL72S990806

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: April 11, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N523DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21583
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 65182173
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 420-440
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

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 420-440 STRINGER 4L, SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 481 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 420 AND 440. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 367158-14AD.