Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 30, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21471
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 380-400
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

INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 & FS 481, CONFIRMED TWO CRACKS BETWEEN FS 380 & 480. THE CRACKED AREA WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND ER/A 368132-14AD.