Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
December 22, 2003
Submitted
December 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12225
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28934
Aircraft time
16,418 hours, 5,775 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Torn
Location
Cargo Door
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

TEAR DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED TO THE MACHINED BEAM ON THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR DURING A 4C CHECK. A BROKEN CABLE CUTTING THROUGH THE WEB CAUSED THE TEAR DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE WAS TRIMMED OUT AND A PERMANENT REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW ECRA 5232-01041.