Service difficulty report · Floor Panel · Boeing 747446

Difficulty date
September 19, 2011
Submitted
September 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N464MC
Make and model
Boeing 747446
Aircraft serial
25308
Aircraft time
79,246 hours, 14,640 cycles
Part
Floor Panel
Condition
Corroded
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 PRESENT C4-CHECK, CORROSION WAS REPORTED ON UPPER DECK LIFT CAR ASSY, PN 747-9202-14 LOWER FLOOR PANEL ASSY SHOWN IN FIG 1. CORROSION AFFECTED LOWER PANEL ASSY PN 747-9262-1 BOTH UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE SHEET SIDES AND AFT EDGES AS SHOWN IN FIG 2. IN ADDITION, THE ATTACHING ANGLE PN 747-9152-1 WAS FOUND CORRODED AND CRACKED AT THE AFT END. (SINCE NO SPARE PART WAS FOUND, PROPOSED THE REPAIR SHOWN IN FIG 2 & AMP; 3.NOTE: THIS REPAIR IS CONSIDERED PERMANENT AND IS APPROVED BY DER IAW 8110-3 FORM IN FIGURE 4.)