Service difficulty report · Sill · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
January 13, 2010
Submitted
January 18, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N489FE
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21492
Aircraft time
42,631 hours, 27,705 cycles
Part
Sill
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 495
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

MAIN CARGO DOOR UPPER SILL STA 495 STR 3L CRACK ORIGINATING FROM FASTENER. REMOVED FASTENER AND VERIFIED CRACK, REMOVED MAIN CARGO DOOR UPPER SILL AT STA 480 TO 530 AND ATTACHING SUPPORTS, LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW SILL AND INSTALLED NEW SILL AND ATTACHING SUPPORTS IAW DWG 53FX1467 AND EA 7-5310-135523.