Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 727224

Difficulty date
September 3, 2008
Submitted
November 11, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N745DH
Make and model
Boeing 727224
Aircraft serial
20665
Aircraft time
73,890 hours, 49,460 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
UK
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

UPPER FUSELAGE MAIN CABIN STA 1130 LBL 8 WL 201 FLOORBEAM LOWER CHORD CRACKED. REPAIRED FUSELAGE FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD SECTION AT BS 1130 FROM LBL 5 TO LBL 54 AND LOWER CHORD SECTION FROM LBL 67 TO RBL 67 DUE TO CORROSION AND CRACK IAW COOPESA EO COO-2-53-269-08.