What was found
APU VERTICAL SUPPORT TUBE FITTING IS BROKEN BETWEEN BS 2701.51 AND 2709.39, STR 0. REMOVED BROKEN FITTING, LOCATED DRILLED AND INSTALLED NEW FITTING AND 2EA INTERCOSTALS IAW SRM 51-40-05 AND AMM 49-13-04.
- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2013
- Submitted
- July 29, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N491EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747412
- Aircraft serial
- 26561
- Aircraft time
- 85,205 hours, 14,914 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- UNK
- Part serial
- NONE
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Apu Bay
- 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.