SDR ABXA20160606091

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date: June 6, 2016
Submitted: July 5, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N787AX
Make and model: Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial: 23020
Aircraft time: 59,072 hours, 43,452 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 145T10521
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: E
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

LEFT STA 859.5, LBL89 LOWER LT SIDE FRAME INNER CHORD CRACKED IN RADIUS ON LOWER END, VERIFIED BY EDDY CURRENT. REMOVED FASTENERS, COMPLIED WITH EA 53000047-101. REMOVED FASTENERS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW IAW EA53000047-101. CRACKED LENGTH .250", PN: 145T1052-1, INNER CHORD, FS/BS LOCATION: 859.5, STR WING STA: LBL89. ACFT WAS GROUNDED.