Service difficulty report · Sill · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
August 31, 2002
Submitted
October 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N611DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22818
Aircraft time
55,694 hours, 29,722 cycles
Part
Sill
Part number
143N851212
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

CORROSION REPAIR, THE LOWER SILL CHORD OF THE C1 DOOR OPENING WAS FOUND CORRODED. THE LOWER SECTIONS WERE TEMPORARILY REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR SILL REPLACEMENT AND THEN SPLICED BACK WITH REPAIR DOUBLERS AND ANGLES PER ER/A 383631-14, REV A.