Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
October 12, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2816W
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
20872
Part
Skin
Part number
65545839
Condition
Gouges
Location
Fs 1070
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

MTC REPORTS, 3 GOUGES IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN BELOW AND JUST AFT OF THE L2 DOOR LWR AFT CORNER. THE FIRST GOUGE IS LOCATED JUST AFT OF FS 1070, IT IS 7 INCHES LENGTH, HAS A MAX DEPTH OF 0.010, AND RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO S-18L. IT WILL BE BLENDED AND TREATED PER B727 SRM 53-30-1 FIG 1 DETAIL 1. THE OTHER TWO GOUGES ARE LOCATED AT FS 1070, BETWEEN S-17L AND S-18L. THE FWD GOUGE IS 4 INCHES IN LENGTH AND HAS A MAX DEPTH OF 0.014. THE AFT GOUGE HAS A MAX DEPTH OF 0.028 AND IS 5 INCHES IN LENGTH. REPAIRED PER DL ERA 302623-14.