- Difficulty date
- December 12, 2001
- Submitted
- February 26, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N6813
- Make and model
- Boeing 727223
- Aircraft serial
- 19488
- Aircraft time
- 82,273 hours, 57,044 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- NPN
- Part serial
- NSN
- Condition
- Cracked
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- 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 BS 211, STR 25R GOUGED AND CRACKED AT FWD E/E DOOR CUTOUT.FOUND ON SERVICE CHECK--N/R CARD 431 WRITTENCORRECTIVE ACTION: STOP DRILLED CRACK IAW B727 SRM 51-10-1. DYE PEN. IAW BOEING S.O.P. 20-50-2. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND INSTALLED IAW B727 SRM 53-30-3 FIG. 1 & 51-30-2.