Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
April 18, 2001
Submitted
May 8, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N307DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23079
Aircraft time
49,323 hours, 38,386 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
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 BL 0 LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAM OVER THE CENTER WING WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK IN THE UPPER CHORD AND WEB AT FS 660 AND WITH 4 CRACKS IN THE WEB AT UPPER CHORD ATTACH POINTS AT FS 700. THE CRACKING IS TYPICAL OF BAC S/B 737-57-1210. THE FLOORBEAM WAS REPAIRED AND MODIFIED PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE S/B AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 380586-14.