SDR DL72S991586

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: July 14, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N540DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 22386
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 655457416
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 660-680
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 660-680, STRG 4R, SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 AND 680 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 660 AND 680. THE CRACK WAS CUTOUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG. 5 AND ER/A 367800-14AD.