Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 7, 2013
Submitted
August 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N539UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25223
Aircraft time
72,343 hours, 26,469 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1640
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

AFT CABIN FLOORBEAM UPPER TEE FLANGE CORRODED IN NUMEROUS AREAS BS 1640 RBL 0 TO RBL 63. BLENDED AREAS AND FOUND THE MATERIAL REMOVAL TO BE .059" DEEP. THIS IS OUT OF LIMITS IAW 53-00-51. REMOVED STRUCTURE AND AIR STATIC SENSE LINE RT SIDE, STA 1610-1650 FOR ACCESS IAW SRM 51-40 -02 & AMM 20-11-00. CUT & REMOVED UPPER CORD, FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS FROM BAC1505-101624 7075T-6, & INSTALLED PARTS IAW EA 130897 & ECRA 5310-05586. REINSTALLED STRUCTURE & SENSE LINE IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND AMM 20-11-00. PERFORMED LOW LEVEL LEAK CK OF STATIC LINE AND PORT IAW AMM 24-11-00.