Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
May 15, 2000
Submitted
May 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2812W
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
20868
Aircraft time
77,569 hours, 52,675 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65545661
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 680 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED MULTIPLE CRACKS IN MULTIPLE FRAME BAYS. THE LOWER AND UPPER SKIN PANELS WERE CUT TO REMOVE THE LAP JOINT AND SEVERAL EXISTING REPAIRS. THE LAP JOINT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 377258-14AD, REV A.