Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
April 28, 2004
Submitted
May 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N70353
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23591
Aircraft time
49,101 hours, 25,731 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
6545410200
Condition
Cracked
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

A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AT ITS ATTACHMENT TO THE TRANSVERSE FLOORBEAM AT STA 727B, RBL 45. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE I/B SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM AT THE SECOND HI-LOK FASTENER HOLE FORWARD OF STA 727B. THE CRACK RAN FROM THE I/B EDGE OF THE LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM TO THE HI-LOK FASTENER HOLE. THE FLOORBEAM WAS REPAIRED IAW ECRA 5321-01187.