Service difficulty report · Sill · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
November 14, 2002
Submitted
November 25, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N650DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24390
Aircraft time
45,253 hours, 22,701 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 OUTER CAP OF THE C1 DOOR OPENING LOWER SILL BEAM WAS FOUND CORRODED. TO FACILITATE REMOVAL, THE OUTER CHORD OF THE FS 620 OPENING FRAME WAS CUT AT STR 25R AND THE LOWER SECTION REMOVED. A NEW SILL CHORD WAS INSTALLED AND THE FRAME CHORD SPLICED BACK IN WITH REPAIR ANGLES. THE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 384082-14, REV A.