What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON RT SIDE BS 1160 TENSION TIE FOUND ONE CRACK AT FRAME, UPPER ROW 2ND FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REAMED OVERSIZE FROM 0.187" TO 0.199" DIA IAW SB74 7-53A2507, 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 1160
- 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.