Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
April 5, 2000
Submitted
April 19, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N324DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23096
Aircraft time
45,398 hours, 36,449 cycles
Part
Beam
Part number
6546877144
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

THE WEB OF THE STR 18A SHEAR BEAM AT FS 727, RT WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK AT AN ATTACH FASTENER ON THE AFT END. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF CRACKS NOTED IN S/B 737-53-1066, THOUGH THE S/B IS NOT EFFECTIVE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. THE CRACK TERMINATED IN AN ADJACENT FASTENER HOLE AND WAS REPAIRED WITH A STEEL ANGLE PER ER/A 369718-14, REV A.