Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 7272D4

Difficulty date
November 4, 2008
Submitted
December 3, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287FE
Make and model
Boeing 7272D4
Aircraft serial
21849
Aircraft time
39,962 hours, 27,597 cycles
Part
Beam
Part number
65595341
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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

LWR FUSELAGE DELTA BEAM LT LWR CHORD IS CRACKED ON LWR INBD FLANGE AT BS 740 TO 743 LBL 6 INCHES. REMOVED DAMAGE, NDT TRIMMED EDGES, MADE INSURANCE CUT, FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE AND FILLER, FABRICATED ONE T-CLIP, FABRICATED INTERCOSTAL, ALODINED AND PRIMED AND INSTALLED ALL PARTS, REF FED EX EA 7- 5310-123817. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.

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