What was found
DURING OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON RT SIDE BS 1160 TENSION TIE, FOUND ONE CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL, UPPER ROW, 9TH FASTENER HOLE FROM OTBD, REAM OVERSIZE FROM 0.187" TO 0.216" DIA IAW B747-53A25 07, REV 1.
- Difficulty date
- December 24, 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 1160
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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