Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 737242C

Difficulty date
September 19, 2003
Submitted
October 15, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737242C
Aircraft time
61,924 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bulkhead
Part time
65,308 hours, 51,452 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING SB 737-53A1173 (INSPECTION OF THE VERTICAL BEAMS AT STATION 178 PRESSURE BULKHEAD) THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS WERE FOUND, VERTICAL BEAM WEB CRACKED AT BS178 RBL 5.7 WL 1832-VERTICAL BEAM WEB CRACKED AT BS 178 RBL 17.1 WL 230 BOTH CRACKS WERE REPAIRED AS PER BOEING 737 SRM.