What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON LT SIDE BS 1160 TENSION TIE. FOUND ONE CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL, UPPER ROW 12TH FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REPAIRED, REAMED, & OVERSIZED FROM 0.216" TO 0.278" DIA IAW SB747-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- January 8, 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 1160
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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