# SDR DL72W981953

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 19, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N290WA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N290WA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727247
- Aircraft serial: 22108
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: L1 Doorway
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72W981953

## Discrepancy

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.

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