What was found
E+E COMPT, BS 246 FLOORBEAM VERTICAL STIFFENER FLANGE CRACKED RBL 11.53 INCHES. STIFFENERS ON THIS FLOORBEAM ARE KNOWN TO CRACK. DISCREPANCY FOUND ON ROUTINE INSPECTION. CRACKED PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW.
- Difficulty date
- April 11, 2005
- Submitted
- April 26, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N665UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 29237
- Aircraft time
- 22,300 hours, 6,806 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4052
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Stiffener
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- E&E Bay
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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