Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 22, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N493DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21062
Part
Skin
Part number
65545826
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1009-1120
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 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION REVEALED 2 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 1030 AND 1050, AND 3 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 1050 AND 1070. THE SKIN LAP WAS CUT OUT BETWEEN FS 1009 AND FS 1120 AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 367421-14AD.