- Difficulty date
- October 11, 2005
- Submitted
- November 8, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N486EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747212B
- Aircraft serial
- 20888
- Aircraft time
- 85,257 hours, 20,133 cycles
- Part
- Floorbeam
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- 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
BS 380 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD HORIZONTAL AFT FLANGE LBL 55 FLOOR PANEL ATT HOLE CRACKED RUNNING FWD APPROX .125 INCH AND AFT APPROX .0625 INCH LONG. DEFECTIVE FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD REPAIRED AS PER SB 747-53A2431 FIG 9 (HORIZONTAL AFT FLANGE LBL 55).