Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Aerosp ATR42300

Difficulty date
December 31, 2008
Submitted
January 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42300
Aircraft serial
250
Aircraft time
23,548 hours, 31,596 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
WASB08
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
2,276 hours, 1,866 cycles
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

LEFT OUTBOARD LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM IS CRACKED JUST FWD OF FRAME 30. CUTOUT AND INSTALLED AFT END OF FLOORBEAM FROM FRAME 29 TO PRODUCTION SPLICE AT FRAME 30. INSTALLED SPLICE REPAIR ANGLES AT FRAME 29.

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