What was found
INSPECTION TYPE: D, BS 400, S44-45L NLG WW LT AFT CORNER TWO FASTENERS CRACKED, FOUND AT SPLICE PLATE. SPLICE PLATE REPLACED AND INSTALLED IAW HS RI-53-11-10214, REV A & EO B747-5330-51303-A, REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR.
- Difficulty date
- June 22, 2013
- Submitted
- July 15, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N580UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 747428F
- Aircraft serial
- 25632
- Aircraft time
- 82,380 hours, 14,557 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice Plate
- Part number
- 65B23409505
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Aft Corner
- 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.