What was found
THE PIN BEAM AFT END COMMON TO STATION 1720 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. THE PIN BEAM IS CRACKED BETWEEN THE TWO AFT CENTER FASTENER HOLES & THE AFT EDGE OF THE PIN BEAM. ACCOMPLISHED COMPLEX REPAIR IAW EA B757-53-030938.
- Difficulty date
- July 21, 2013
- Submitted
- August 9, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N639AA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757223
- Aircraft serial
- 24597
- Aircraft time
- 70,615 hours, 24,864 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Beam
- Part number
- 146N531426
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.