# SDR DL72S991586

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 14, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N540DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 22386
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 655457416
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 660-680
- 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/DL72S991586

## Discrepancy

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.

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