- Difficulty date
- August 14, 2014
- Submitted
- August 15, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 737824
- Aircraft serial
- 33452
- Aircraft time
- 34,576 hours, 11,744 cycles
- Part
- Seat Track
- Part number
- 144A5350
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- 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
SEAT TRACK FASTENER HOLES AT BS 737B RBL 45.50 EXHIBIT CRACKS USING HFEC IAW NDTM PART 06 51-00-00 PROCEDURE. TWO EACH INBD FASTENER HOLES CRACKED & ONE EACH OTBD AFT FASTENER HOLE CRACKED. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR AT CABIN SEAT TRACK FLOORBEAM INBD & OTBD UPPER CHORDS FLANGES IAW ECRA 5320-02294. THIS ECRA PROVIDES APPROVED PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DAMAGED CHORDS.