Service difficulty report · Tee Chord · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
January 30, 2002
Submitted
February 11, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N180AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22647
Aircraft time
60,165 hours, 49,287 cycles
Part
Tee Chord
Part number
6545410554
Condition
Cracked
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - "C" - DURING C-20 CHECK A 1.3" CRACK WAS FOUND ON INBOARD OF SEAT TRACK ON UPPER TEE CHORD OF LONGITUDINAL BEAM BS 727B, RBL 44, WL 208. MAINTENANCE TRIMMED OUT CRACKED AREA OF CHORD AND PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS, REMOVED EXISTING TIE STRAP, FABRICATED A NEW TIE STRAP AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW AWA ER 15-5702-02038-GF1.