What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON LT SIDE, BS 1160 TENSION TIE FOUND ONE CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL, LOWER ROW, 9TH FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REAMED OVERSIZE FROM 0.216" TO 0.247" DIA IAW SB747-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- January 9, 2013
- Submitted
- January 14, 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
- Channel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1160
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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