Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Boeing 747228F

Difficulty date
August 29, 2010
Submitted
August 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N753SA
Make and model
Boeing 747228F
Aircraft serial
21787
Aircraft time
119,067 hours, 23,482 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
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

HFEC OPEN HOLE INSP CARRIED OUT AND FOUND ONE HOLE WITH CRACK INDICATION AT BS 340 UPPER DECK FLOORBEAM AFT FLANGE LBL 15 AT 6 O'CLOCK BY PLAIN VIEW. INSURANCE CUT ON FASTENER HOLE CARRIED-OUT PER SB 747-53A2439 REV 2. FINAL HOLE SIZE 0.341". HFEC INPECTION CARRIED-OUT PER NDTM D6-7170 REV 134 PART 6 51-00-00 FIG 16. NO CRACKED EVIDENT ON OVERSIZED HOLE.