SDR MALA010467

Service difficulty report · Channel · Saab 340B

Difficulty date: April 19, 2001
Submitted: May 21, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N427XJ
Make and model: Saab 340B
Aircraft serial: 427
Aircraft time: 9,344 hours, 10,481 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Channel
Condition: Corroded
Location: Fuselage
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

DURING C-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION ON C-CHANNEL UNDER FLOOR BOARDS AT STA 258 BETWEEN LBL 10.0 AND LL 18.3. MX REMOVED C-CHANNEL AT STA 258 BEWEEN LBL 10 AND 18.3. FABRICATED, ALODINED AND PRIMED NEW C-CHANNEL, INSTALLED NEW C-CHANNEL AT STA 258 BETWEEN LBL 10-LBL 18.3, ALODINED, PRIMED AND PAINTED. REF SAAB SRM 51-20-42/43.

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