Service difficulty report · Failsafe · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
May 5, 2016
Submitted
May 16, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N794AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
23144
Aircraft time
55,554 hours, 43,688 cycles
Part
Failsafe
Part number
145T252421
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

LEFT FAILSAFE LOWER HOLE COMMON TO T FITTING HAS CRACK INDICATION, VERIFIED BY HFEC ROTARY HOLE SCAN. TRIMMED OUT CRACK ON FAILSAFE STRAP COMMON TO T FITTING IAW DOCUMENT 47008ORD03, THAT IS ATTACHED TO JC EA 53500013-003 FOR WORK STEPS TAKEN. CRACKED LENGTH 125", PN 145T2524-21, PART NAME FAILSAFE STRAP, SN NSN, EXACT FS & BS LOCATION ON ACFT AT STATION 955, EXACT STRINGER & WS LOCATION ON ACFT AT WL 178. ACFT WAS GNDED.