- Difficulty date
- October 2, 2008
- Submitted
- October 7, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N485FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21488
- Aircraft time
- 41,780 hours, 28,484 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 6955655
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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
FWD PIT DOOR CUTOUT LWR SILL BEAM TIE DOWN FITTING ASSY ADAPTER PLATE IS CORRODED, BS 565, STR 26R, WL 155. REMOVED ADAPTER PLATED STA 580 REF 51-30-02 PG 1. MATCHED DRILLED FASTENER HOLES REF SRM 51-30-05 DWG 69-55655, PAINTED ADAPTER REF SRM 51-20-00 PG 7. INSTALLED ADAPTER PLATE REF 51-30-02 PG 1. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR REPAIR.