Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
April 17, 2012
Submitted
April 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23987
Aircraft time
62,926 hours, 42,247 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 179.25
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

VERTICAL WEB AT RBL 17 HAS 2 CRACKS IN BEAM WEB BELOW WL 234 AT BS 179.25. CUT OUT DOUBLER AND REPLACED DOUBLER AT BS179.25, RBL17 IAW SRM 53-10-08-2R