What was found
FLOORBEAM UPPER SURFACE HAS CORROSION BULGE BETWEEN MATING SURFACES AT NUT PLATES BS 1680 RBL 40 - RBL 45, WL 208. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REPAIRED FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD AT BS 1680 RBL 40 PER ECRA 5365-01070.
- Difficulty date
- September 20, 2012
- Submitted
- September 26, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N554UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26644
- Aircraft time
- 71,947 hours, 21,462 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5315 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
- Part
- Floorbeam
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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