Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
August 22, 2011
Submitted
August 24, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21782
Aircraft time
104,519 hours, 21,333 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 540
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 - BS540, S24L-S25L FRAME CRACK - REPAIR (THIS EO DOCUMENTS A REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED DURING A C4 CHECK OF THE DATUM ACFT ON NRC 502668 IAW SRM 53-10-04, FIG 35. THE SRM REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS A CATAGORY B, WITH AN INITIAL INSP THRESHOLD OF 20,000 TFC AND A REPEAT INSP REQUIREMENT EVERY 3,000 FC. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE REPAIR WAS INSTALLED AT 21,333 TFC, IAW SRM THE REPETITIVE INSPECTIONS WILL BEGIN 3,000 FC AFTER INSTALLATION.)

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