- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2014
- Submitted
- January 9, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N181UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 25278
- Aircraft time
- 92,629 hours, 11,140 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- Part
- Tension Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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
MAIN DECK RT BS 1160 TENSION TIE FWD CHANNEL ONE EACH HOLE FOUND CRACKED.