Service difficulty report · Door Sill · Boeing 737790

Difficulty date
October 31, 2015
Submitted
December 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N615AS
Make and model
Boeing 737790
Aircraft serial
30344
Aircraft time
53,277 hours, 24,015 cycles
Part
Door Sill
Part number
146A8123
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 793-847
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

AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT, DOOR SILL AREA HAS CORROSION IN SEVERAL AREAS FROM BS 793 TO BS847, MARKED. ACFT GROUNDED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF AFT CARGO DOOR LOWER SILL, MAIN TO BE .045 ORIGINAL THICKNESS, MATERIAL REMOVED IS .006. REMAINING THICKNESS .039 WHICH IS OUT OF ALLOWABLE LIMITS IAW SRM 53-60-15-1A-1, SECTION 4, PARAGRAPH G, STEP 2 & SRM 53-60-15-0I-1 FOR IDENTIFICATION TOOL T8225Z, UT GAUGE. REMOVED DOOR SILL WEB IAW SRM 51-40-02. FABRICATED NEW DOOR SILL WEB IAW DWG 146A8123, REV F ALODINE TREATED AND APPLIED PRIMER TO NEW SILL WEB IAW AMM 51-21-41 AND 51-21-72. INSTALLED NEW SILL WEB IAW SRM 51-40-02. REMOVED DOT.