What was found
DURING HMV, DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON AN UNDOCUMENTED REPAIR TO THE STA 760 FLOORBEAM WEB AND UPPER CHORD. THE UNAPPROVED REPAIR WAS REMOVED AND A NEW UPPER CHORD SPLICE WAS INSTALLED PER SRM AND BOEING REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS.
- Difficulty date
- December 23, 2008
- Submitted
- January 21, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N649DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 24389
- Aircraft time
- 66,822 hours, 30,469 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5315 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
- Part
- Floorbeam
- Part number
- 143N50174
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Bs 760, Lbl36
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.