Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
April 27, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2815W
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
20871
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 360-380
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

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 360-380 STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 480 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 360 AND 380. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 367260-14AD.