# SDR DL72S991096

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 17, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N496DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 21076
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 65182173
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 360-380
- 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/DL72S991096

## Discrepancy

INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 480 INDICATED A SINGLE CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN BETWEEN FS 360 AND 380.  THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND ER/A 367401-14AD.

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