Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 20, 2012
Submitted
August 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24839
Aircraft time
71,649 hours, 26,951 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Floorbeam
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

MAIN CABIN STA 324 FLOORBEAM UPPER T-CAP CORRODED FROM RBL 20 TO RBL 65. REMOVED BOTH LT AND RT T-CAPS FROM LBL 8-LBL 60 AND LBL 8 TO RBL 60, FABRICATED NEW SECTIONS OF T-CAP, SPLICE ANGLES AND STRAPS AND INSTALLED PER SRM 53-10-08, REPAIR 2. PER SRM, THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR, AND PER TABLE 202, FUTURE INSPECTIONS REQUIRED AT INITIAL THRESHOLD OF 37,500 TOTAL AIRFRAME CYCLES.