Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
January 23, 2002
Submitted
February 20, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22810
Aircraft time
55,222 hours, 30,504 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Part number
146N8512
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

OUTER CHORD AND WEB SPLICE; LOWER SILL CHORD SUBSTITUTION THE LOWER SILL OF THE C2 DOOR OPENING WAS FOUND WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF CORROSION. THE OUTER CHORD AND WEB OF THE FS 1440 OPENING FRAME WERE CUT AND THE LOWER SECTION REMOVED TO ALLOW REPLACEMENT OF THE SILL. THE SILL WAS REPLACED, THE WEB SPLICED PER B757 SRM, AND THE CHORD SPLICED WITH 2 ALUMINUM REPAIR ANGLES PER ER/A 382180-14, REV A.