What was found
MCD CUTOUT UPPER SILL BS 485, 487, & 495 SILL UPPER FLANGE HAS CRACK INDICATION AT 3 EA RIVET HOLES. REMOVED DAMAGED MCD UPPER SILL, LOCATED & DRILLED NEW SILL & INSTALLED NEW SILL BEAM IAW EA 7-5310-135582.
- Difficulty date
- August 5, 2010
- Submitted
- August 6, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N494FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21532
- Aircraft time
- 42,381 hours, 28,172 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D15
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 53FX1467101
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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