SDR DL72W010637

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date: April 17, 2001
Submitted: May 8, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N2815W
Make and model: Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial: 20871
Aircraft time: 79,518 hours, 54,007 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 65545703
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: E
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

FUSELAGE SKIN, FS 360-480 AT STR 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE CRACK REPAIR LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 & 480 INDICATED CRACKS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 5 CRACKS ALONG THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. AN EXISTING REPAIR WAS LOCATED BETWEEN FS 360 &380. THE REPAIR WAS REMOVED AND THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT CUT OUT. THE JOINT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER AND STRUCTURAL FILLER PER ER/A 380573-14AD.