What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON RT SIDE BS 1220 TENSION TIE, FOUND ONE CRACK AT AFT CHANNEL, UPPER ROW 6TH FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD AFTER FRAME. REAMED OVERSIZE FROM 0.199" TO 0.216" DIA IAW SB 74 7-53A2507, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- December 22, 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 1220
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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