Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
August 18, 2001
Submitted
September 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N297WA
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
22534
Aircraft time
60,742 hours, 41,524 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6518217189
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fs 360, S-4l
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

FUSELAGE / SKIN / FS 360 / STRG. 4L : GOUGE REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS GOUGED OVER A 6" LENGTH AT FS 360, BELOW STRINGER 4L. THE SKIN WAS CUTOUT TO REMOVE THE GOUGEDAREA. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 381559-14, REV. A.