Service difficulty report · Sill · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
January 4, 2007
Submitted
January 4, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N284FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
22621
Aircraft time
39,602 hours, 24,965 cycles
Part
Sill
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 575-596
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K, O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FOUND MAIN DECK CARGO DOOR UPPER SILL UPPER FLANGE CRACKED AT RIVET BUCKTAILS AT STATIONS 575.5, 584, 590 & 596. REMOVED CRACKED SILL REF SRM 51-30-2. FABRICATED SILL REF FED EX DWG 53FX1467. DRILLED UP AND INSTALLED INSTALLED SILL AND STRUCTURE REF SRM 51-30-2 & DWG 53FX1467. ALSO WORKED ON SNRM N00492.