What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON LT SIDE BS 1200 TENSION TIE, FOUND ONE CRACK AT STEEL PLATE, UPPER ROW 2ND FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD. REAMED OVERSIZE FROM 0.199' TO 0.216" DIA IAW SB 747-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- December 23, 2012
- Submitted
- January 16, 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 1200
- 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.