Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
February 21, 2003
Submitted
March 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N652DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24392
Aircraft time
45,885 hours, 22,554 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Part number
143N85121
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

THE OUTER CAP OF THE LOWER SILL BEAM OF THE C1 DOOR OPENING WAS FOUND WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF CORROSION. TO REMOVE THE OUTER STRUCTURE, THE OUTER STRUCTURE AND WEB OF THE FS 620 FRAME WERE CUT AND THE LOWER SECTIONS REMOVED. A NEW SILL STRUCTURE WAS THEN INSTALLED AND THE LOWER SECTIONS OF FRAME CHORD AND WEB SPLICED BACK IN PLACE WITH ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS PER ER/A 384501-14, REV A.