Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
April 4, 2021
Submitted
April 6, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6708D
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
30480
Aircraft time
67,760 hours, 25,073 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
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

SHIP 6708 CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED ON LOWER INBOARD FASTENER HOLE IN FRAME WEB, OUTER CHORD AND LOWER HINGE FITTING. INDICATIONS ARE AT 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK POSITIONS FACING AFT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPAIRED STA 1640 FRAME L/H FROM STR 10-19 IAW ER/A 590721-14AD REV O. (1772875)