Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
August 30, 2021
Submitted
September 3, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
26490
Aircraft time
77,909 hours, 29,366 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1640 S14r
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 5643 BS 1640 FUSELAGE FRAME R/H SIDE LOWER I/B FASTENER HOLE AT S-14R HAS CRACK INDICATION AT THE 3 OCLOCK POSITION (I/B SIDE OF FASTENER HOLE VIEWED FROM THE FWD SIDE OF FRAME LOOKING AFT) LAYERS NEED TO BE SEPARATED (INTERCOSTAL TEE CLIP FRAME WEB & LOWER HINGE FITTING FOR FURTHER NDT EVALUATION. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPAIRED STA 1640 R/H FRAME LOWER I/B HOLE @ S-14R IAW ERA 593495-14AD REV ORIG. (1930783)