SDR FDEA201303290689

Service difficulty report · Crease Beam · Boeing 757204

Difficulty date: March 29, 2013
Submitted: April 1, 2013
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N927FD
Make and model: Boeing 757204
Aircraft serial: 27220
Aircraft time: 65,146 hours, 23,073 cycles
System (JASC): 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
Part: Crease Beam
Part number: 144N52145
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 1140
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

AT STA 1140 LT SIDE CREASE BEAM HAS A CRACK THAT BROKEN IN TWO AT STATION 1140, LT SIDE, CREASEBEAM WAS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED IAW SRM 53-40-13, FIG. 101, NOTE "D", PAGE 102. R & R CREASEBEAM IAW SRM 51-40-02, DWG 144N5214, BS 1140, WL 208.10, CAT "A", CRACK IS 0.25". MAJOR REPAIR.