Service difficulty report · Cargo Track · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
January 4, 2025
Submitted
January 5, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55038
Aircraft time
59,302 hours, 42,501 cycles
Part
Cargo Track
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
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

CORROSION ALONG CARGO TRACK RH AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. SUMMARY: CORROSION LEVEL 2. CORROSION ALONG TRACK RH BTW STA Y=813 TO STA Y=954, AT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT WAS REMOVED PER B717-200 SRM 51-10-04-0G. (UT) THICKNESS MEASUREMENT WAS ACOMPLISHED WITH ORIGINAL THICKNESS OF 0.060 IN, REMAINING THICKNESS .0025 IN. THEREFORE, IT IS OUT LIMITS PER B717-200 SRM 53-20-52-1A PROCEDURE 2 ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 2 AND SRM 53-00-00-1A PROCEDURE ALLOWABLE GENERAL. NEW TRACK WAS DRILLED AND ADJUSTED PER B717-200 SRM 51-40-08-0G AND WAS INSTALLED PER B717-200 SRM 51-41-01-0G AND 51-41-05-0G. (LP #0744855)

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