Service difficulty report · Sill · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
August 25, 2011
Submitted
September 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N669US
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
24224
Aircraft time
90,864 hours, 11,144 cycles
Part
Sill
Condition
Cracked
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

RT NR 1 MAIN ENTRY DOOR UPPER SILL WEB CRACK BS 460. S-17R. L=2" PER B747-400 SRM 53-10-15 R1 CATEGORY B. INSP REPEAT DETAILED INSP OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR 1 UPPER MAIN SILL OUTER CHORD, WEB, AND FRAME ATTACH ANGLES FOR CRACK(S). WITH 6000 FLIGHT-CYCLES FROM THE LAST INSPECTION. WITHIN 1500 FLIGHT-CYCLES AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF SB. REPEAT INTERNAL 6000 FLIGHT-CYCLES.