SDR FDEA201101130130

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date: January 13, 2011
Submitted: January 18, 2011
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N997FD
Make and model: Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial: 24738
Aircraft time: 59,116 hours, 20,705 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 146N10426
Condition: Gouged
Location: Bs 1480
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

AFT CARGO COMPT FRAME GOUGED AT STA 1480, BETWEEN STR 24R AND 25R, UPPER CHORD SPLICE. REMOVED PRODUCTION SPLICE FROM FRAME BS 1480, S24R/25R, SRM 51-40-02. GOUGES FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-07, FIG 101, DETAIL 2, PG. 103. NEW SPLICE FABRICATED ON TRAVELER T10/863413, AND PART MARKED FX146N1042-6. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE AT BS 1480, S24R/25R, IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND DWG 146N1015. MAJOR REPAIR