Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
April 1, 2003
Submitted
April 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N266FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21672
Aircraft time
44,828 hours, 26,236 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
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

CORROSION ON BS 680 FLOORBEAM, LBL 5 TO LBL 43, WL 208. REMOVED CORROSION, BS 680 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AT NUTPLATE LOCATIONS LBL 5 TO LBL 43. ORIGINAL THICKNESS OF .130 MAX DEPTH OF REMOVAL LBL 27-29 FOUND TO BE .032. OUT OF LIMITS PER B727 SRM 53-10-1. REMOVED STIFFENER AT LBL 25. REMOVED DAMAGED UPPER CHORD FROM LBL 27 TO 29.5. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS. ALODINED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED PARTS AND FASTENERS WET WITH SEALANT. REINSTALLED STIFFENER AT LBL 25. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW B727 SRM 53-10-8 FIG 3 & 51-10-2.

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