# SDR DL72S990809

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 11, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N523DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N523DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 21583
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 655456715
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 680-740
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S990809

## Discrepancy

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 680-740, STRINGER 4R, SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR.  LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 680 AND 740 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN.  INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 45 CRACKS ALONG THE PANEL.  THE SKIN LAP WAS CUTOUT ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PANEL AND REPAIRED WITH AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 367157-14AD.

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