Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
March 12, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2811W
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
20649
Part
Skin
Part number
65545661
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 505
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

LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 26R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 681 REVEALED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED TWO CRACKS/CORROSION AT FS 505. THE SKIN WAS CUTOUT WITH A 2 X 1 CUTOUT IN THE LAP AND REPAIRED PER THE B727 SRM 53-30-3 FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366915-14AD, REV A.