- Difficulty date
- July 28, 2010
- Submitted
- August 6, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N487FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21490
- Aircraft time
- 42,731 hours, 29,193 cycles
- Part
- Seat Track
- Part number
- 652363735
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 480-690
- 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
CORROSION SEAT TRACK FLANGES MAIN CABIN BS 480-690, RBL 45. REMOVED SEAT TRACK SECTION. FABRICATED NEW SEAT TRACK SECTION USING BAC1520-792-7178T6 DIMS 209.250", FABRICATED ANGLES SPLICE USING BAC1503-100122-7178T6 DIMS 14" (2 EACH), FABRICATED STRAP USING 7075T-6 .250 DIMS 8" X 2" AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-10-5.