Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7272Q8

Difficulty date
April 2, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831L
Make and model
Boeing 7272Q8
Aircraft serial
21826
Part
Skin
Part number
65545664
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 540-560
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 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 AND 680 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 3 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 540 AND 560. THE CRACKS WERE CUT OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 367107-14AD.

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