Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
September 19, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N290WA
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
22108
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
L1 Doorway
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

A .25 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AT THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT FOR THE L1 DOOR. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER BAC S/B 53-0198 EXCEPT COUNTERSUNK HI-LOKS WERE INSTALLED INSTEAD OF PROTRUDING HEAD HI-LOKS. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A365693-14.