Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
September 18, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N120DL
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
23279
Part
Floorbeam
Part number
111T5008
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 786
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 FUSELAGE SEAT TRACKS LOCATED AT RBL 33, LBL 54, AND RBL 54 WERE FOUND CRACKED IN THE VERTICAL WEB OF THE UPPER CHORD AT APPROXIMATELY FS 786 AS DESCRIBED IN BOEING SB 767-57-0029. THE VERTICAL WEB IS M/F FROM .063 THK 2024-T3 AL MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, TO THE CRACK REPAIR, PREVENTATIVE MODIFICATIONS TO THE LBL/RBL 33 AND LBL/RBL 54 FLOORBEAMS ARE BEING ACCOMPLISHED PER EO 1-61635-3. DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PREVENTATIVE MOD, 3 FASTENER HOLES AT LBL 54 WERE OVERSIZED TO .390 DIA THROUGH THE SPAR STIFFENER, VERTICAL WEB, AND UPPER CAP.