SDR FDEA200812035072

Service difficulty report · Shear Web · Boeing 75723A

Difficulty date: December 3, 2008
Submitted: December 3, 2008
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N918FD
Make and model: Boeing 75723A
Aircraft serial: 24290
Aircraft time: 67,755 hours, 21,723 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Shear Web
Part number: 140N51501
Condition: Corroded
Location: Zone 200
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

BS 1020, RBL 65, CREASE BEAM WEB IS CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION, BS 1020, RBL 65, ON CREASE BEAM WEB IAW SRM 51-10-02 AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-60-13. L=.50, W=.50, D=.015. FABRICATED NEW WEB ON MAE TRAVELER T8/759905, TREATED, PRIMED WEB IAW SRM 51-20-01. INSTALLED NEW WEB, BS 1020-1040, RBL 65, IAW RM 51-40-02. THIS REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS A CAT "A" MAJOR REPAIR.

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