Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 12, 2012
Submitted
August 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49545
Aircraft time
62,169 hours, 47,858 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Corroded
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

MAIN CABIN FLOORBEAM STA 1338 HAS CORROSION AND ELONGATED FASTENERS HOLES LBL58 TO RBL 58. REMOVED CORROSION MAIN CABIN FLOORBEAM STA 1338 BETWEEN RBL47 RBL 58 FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. REPLACED MAIN CABIN FLOORBEAM SECTION UPPER CAP IAW ER/A 397783-14MA STEPS 9 &10.

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