What was found
OPEN HOLE HFEC INSPECTION FOUND 2 EACH CRACKS AT FASTENER HOLES ON STRINGER 38R AT BS 980. EXISTING REPAIR REMOVED, NEW CHORD FABRICATED PER DRAWING 65B09014, FOI CARRIED OUT OER BAC 5423 AND NEW CHORD INSTALLED PER B747SRM 51-30-02,
- Difficulty date
- August 12, 2011
- Submitted
- August 16, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N486EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747212B
- Aircraft serial
- 20888
- Aircraft time
- 98,968 hours, 23,131 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.