Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 6, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N527DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21587
Part
Skin
Part number
651746160
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vert Stab
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

THE VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE FRONT SPAR WHERE THE TORQUE BOX ATTACHES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THE CRACK WAS FOUND AT HMV AND WAS REPAIRED PER ER/A 333420-14.