Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
June 22, 2011
Submitted
July 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517MC
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
23300
Aircraft time
91,897 hours, 15,722 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 340
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 THE "C4/A4 CHECK" WHILE COMPLYING WITH SB 747 -53A2459, REV. 1, CRACK DAMAGE WAS DETECTED AT AT LBL 68 IN 65B10927-16 FLOORBEAM CHORD AND DOCUMENTED IAW NRC 50199 (SEE FIGURE 1). COMPLETED THE FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD SPLICE REPAIR AT BS 340 IAW SRM 53-10-07, FIGURE 23 AND EO RS NO: R-53-25-37120, REV A WITHOUT ANY DEVIATION AND GENERATED SR 1- 1907320590 TO REQUEST APPROVAL FROM ACFT MFG.