Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
March 27, 2009
Submitted
April 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24391
Aircraft time
66,562 hours, 29,901 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
141N51221
Condition
Damaged
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

DURING AN SRM REPAIR WHILE IN HMV, ATS MAINTENANCE CREATED SHORT EDGE DISTANCE PROBLEMS COMMON TO THE REPLACEMENT FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AND THE FLOORBEAM WEB AT FS 365. A REPAIR WAS DESIGNED BY BOEING AND INSTALLED BY ATS.