What was found
TENSION TIE FRAME BS 940 RT SIDE FUSELAGE CABLE THRU HOLES ENLONGATED AND FASTENER HOLES CRACKED OUT. REMOVED DAMAGE, NDT AREA, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR PER ECRA 487-53-048-2.
- Difficulty date
- May 21, 2007
- Submitted
- June 6, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N487EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747230B
- Aircraft serial
- 23286
- Aircraft time
- 88,431 hours, 16,656 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Tension Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.