Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 22, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22386
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 294.5
Stage of operation
IN
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

THE FS 294.5 FLOORBEAM WEB AT LBL 40 WAS FOUND WITH A 7 INCH LONG CRACK RUNNING FROM A CABLE PASS THROUGH HOLE TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE WEB AND THROUGH THE LOWER CHORD. THE LOWER CHORD WAS REPLACED. THE DAMAGED SECTION OF WEB WAS REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 368915-14, REV A.