What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON LT SIDE BS 1160 TENSION TIE FOUND ONE CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL, LOWER ROW 4TH FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REPAIRED IAW SB747-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- December 24, 2012
- Submitted
- January 9, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N667US
- Make and model
- Boeing 747451
- Aircraft serial
- 24222
- Aircraft time
- 97,543 hours, 11,950 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Tension Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1160
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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