What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSP ON RT SIDE BS 1140 TENSION TIE FOUND 01 EA CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL, LWR ROW 5TH FASTENER HOLE FORM OTBD. REPAIRED, REAMED, & OVERSIZE FROM 0.199" TO 0.216" DIA IAW SB747-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2013
- 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 1140
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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