Service difficulty report · Frame · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
December 26, 2011
Submitted
December 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N202SR
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
202
Aircraft time
43,126 hours, 49,941 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
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

FUSELAGE BOTTOM FRAME AT STA 294 HAS MODERATE TO SEVERE CORROSION FROM LBL 25 TO RBL 10.5 AND A CRACK AT RBL 19.5. REFER TO SAAB STATEMENT 340SDS023466 DATED 12-14-2011, TD 340-53-11-93 AND MM409#407125 FOR REPAIR DETAILS UNDER CONTROL# 202-25.

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