What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON LT SIDE BS 1180 TENSION TIE FOUND ONE CRACK AT WEB, UPPER ROW 1ST FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REAMED FROM 0.278" TO 0.309" DIA IAW REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- January 11, 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 1180
- 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.