# SDR DL72S992804

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 21, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N408DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 21152
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 65545703
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 360 - 480
- 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/DL72S992804

## Discrepancy

LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 & 740 REVEALED CRACK INDICATIONS IN THE LOWER SKIN OF THE LOWER FASTENER ROW.  INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION OF THE SKIN PANEL BETWEEN FS 360 & 480 CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF 4 CRACKS IN ALONG THE SKIN LENGTH.  THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT WAS CUT OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 368979-14AD.

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