# SDR VGCA20250805027

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 5, 2025
- Submitted: August 15, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N216WE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216WE), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727-2S2F
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-2S2F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2s2f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 22937
- Aircraft time: 44,542 hours, 25,488 cycles
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Bear Strap
- Part number: 655459210
- Condition: Corroded
- Location: Zone 100
- Part time: 44,542 hours, 25,488 cycles
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/VGCA20250805027

## Discrepancy

CORROSION ON BEAR STRAP, DOUBLER, AND FUSLAGE EXTERNAL SKIN AT AFT CONER OF AFT CARGO DOOR FROM FS965 TO FS1010 AND STR S-21R TO S-29L

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