Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
March 11, 2002
Submitted
April 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23076
Aircraft time
52,865 hours, 40,883 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
6545410513
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

CENTER WING / LONGITUDINAL OVERWING FLOORBEAM / BL 24.82 / FS 678 : CHORD AND WEB CRACK REPAIR INSPECTION OF THE LBL & RBL 24.82 LONGITUDINAL FLOORBEAMS PER AD 2001-17-18 REVEALED TYPICAL CRACKS IN THE BEAM WEB, WEB DOUBLER, AND UPPER CHORD AT FS 678 AT THE AILERON CONTROL QUADRANT CUTOUT. THE CRACKS ARE TYPICAL OF BAC S/B 737-57-1139. THE UPPER CHORDS AND WEB DOUBLERS WERE REPLACED. THE WEB CRACKS WERE ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER. THE WORK WAS DONE PER ER/A 382700-14AD.