Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 76738E

Difficulty date
October 9, 2011
Submitted
October 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N641GT
Make and model
Boeing 76738E
Aircraft serial
25132
Aircraft time
67,274 hours, 20,554 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1502
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 PLUS A4 CHECKS, CORROSION WAS DETECTED AT EXISTING NUT PLATES (10 PLACES) ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LOWER TEE OF FLOORBEAM 146T5119-1 AT BS 1502. NUT PLATES WERE LOCATED AROUND CUTOUTS IN THE LOWER TEE OF FLOORBEAM AT LBL 2, LBL 7, LBL 14, LBL 21.5, LBL 28, LBL 36, LBL 42, LBL 50, AND LBL 52. THERE WAS ALSO CORROSION AT THE NUT PLATE AT RBL 31 BUT THERE IS NO CUTOUT AT THIS AREA. CORRODED AREAS AROUND THE CUTOUT AREAS WERE BLENDED AND THEN THE CUTOUTS (9 PLACES) WERE INCREASED WHILE MAINTAINING PRODUCTION PROFILE TO BRING MATERIAL THICKNESS BACK TO FULL THICKNESS.

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