What was found
MAIN DECK STATION 1200 LT TENSION TIE AFT CHANNEL ONE EACH FASTENER HOLE FOUND CRACKED UPWARD WITH CRACK LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 0.040 INCHES.
- 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
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- 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.