- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2008
- Submitted
- April 24, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N317AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737990
- Aircraft serial
- 30856
- Aircraft time
- 19,726 hours, 7,702 cycles
- Part
- Keelbeam
- Part number
- 149A76159
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.
What was found
MLG W/W KEEL BEAM SUPPORT PANEL MATING SURFACE CORRODED STA 686 RBL 8 TO LBL 8. REMOVED, DAMAGED SUPPORT FITTING, LOCATED, DRILLED AND INSTALLED A REPLACEMENT SUPPORT FITTING IAW B737 900 SRM 51 40 02 PG 6 7 AND SRM 51 40 05 FIG 2 PG 3.