What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE INSPECTION ON LT SIDE BS 1140 TENSION TIE FOUND ONE CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL, UPPER ROW 5TH FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REAMED OVERSIZE FROM 0.216" TO 0.262" DIA IAW SB747-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- January 9, 2013
- Submitted
- January 15, 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
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.