Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
September 15, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N237WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23185
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
141T5814140
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 246
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 246 FLOORBEAM WEB WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK APPROXIMATELY 3.75 LONG AT RBL 20. THE RESULTING CUTOUT IS 1.0 BY 3.75. THE SUBJECT WEB IS MANUFACTURED FROM .025 CLAD 7075-T6. THE STIFFENER AT RBL 20 WAS CRACKED AS WELL. THE STIFFENER (P/N 141T5814-88) IS MADE FROM 7075-T6 CLAD. REPAIRED PER ERA 330697-14 REV. A.