Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
February 12, 2001
Submitted
February 15, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N296WA
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
22533
Aircraft time
58,555 hours, 40,214 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655457416
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 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 681 INDICATED CRACKS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 11 CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LAP JOINT. THE ENTIRE SKIN LAP WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOULBER INSTALLED PER ER/A 379957-14AD.