Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
December 10, 2001
Submitted
December 14, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N313DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23085
Aircraft time
51,907 hours, 39,815 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
6545410224
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

INSPECTION OF THE RBL 24 FLOORBEAM UPPER CAP PER AD 2001-17-18 REVEALED A TYPICAL CRACK AT FS 680 AT THE AILERON QUADRANT CUTOUT IN THE FLOORBEAM. A PREVIOUS ALUMINUM DOUBLER REPAIR WAS INSTALLED FOR THE WEB. THE CRACKED UPPER CHORD WAS REMOVED, THE WEB INSPECTED, AND A NEW CHORD INSTALLED PER ER/A 396684-14AD, REV B.