Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
December 31, 2015
Submitted
January 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N67134
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
29283
Aircraft time
67,182 hours, 14,603 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
146N1020
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

CABIN INTERNAL STRUCTURE FRAME CRACKED AT FASTENER LOCATION WHERE A/C DISTRIBUTION DUCT SUPPORT BRACKET IS SECURED TO FRAME AT STATION 1580, BETWEEN STRINGER 8R & 9R. MARKED CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF FRAME & INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLERS IAW SRM 53-00-07 REPAIR 1. INITIATED DIP TO INSPECT REPAIR 12,000 FLIGHT CYCLES FROM INSTALLATION OR 50,000 AIRFRAME FLIGHT CYCLES WHICHEVER COMES FIRST & AT INTERVALS OF 12,000 FLIGHT CYCLES THEREAFTER.