Service difficulty report · Sill · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
October 24, 2003
Submitted
December 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22907
Aircraft time
57,502 hours, 29,726 cycles
Part
Sill
Part number
146N851210
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

THE OUTBOAD CHORD OF THE C2 DOOR OPENING LOWER SILL WAS FOUND CORRODED. TO FACILITATE REPLACEMENT OF THE SILL CHORD, THE OUTER CHORD AND WEB OF THE FS 1440 FRAME WERE CUT NEAR THE LOWER SILL AND THE LOWER SECTIONS REMOVED. A NEW SILL CHORD WAS INSTALLED AND THE FRAME WEB AND CHORDS SPLICED BACK IN WITH ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS PER ER/A 385725-14, REV A.