Service difficulty report · Floor Beam · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
February 20, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N322DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23094
Part
Floor Beam
Part number
654510515
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 663
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 BL 0.07 FLOOR BEAM OF THE WING CENTER SECTION IS CRACKED AT STATION 663. THE UPPER CAP OF THE BEAM IS CRACKED ON THE RIGHT HAND FLANGE ONLY, STARTING FROM AN EXISTING FASTENER HOLE. NO CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE WEB. THE PANEL ATTACH HOLE WAS ALSO FOUND CRACKED AFTER HFEC INSPECTION. THE AREAWILL BE TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIRED.