What was found
CRACK INDICATION FOUND DURING HFEC OPEN HOLE INSPECTION ON LT TENSION TIE & FAIL SAFE CHORD AT STATION 1140 LOWER ROW, MOST OTBD FASTENER. INSPECTION CARRIED OUT IAW AD 2012-15-13, SB 747-53A2507R2.
- Difficulty date
- June 4, 2014
- Submitted
- June 18, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N952CA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747428
- Aircraft serial
- 25238
- Aircraft time
- 85,216 hours, 12,248 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CF680C2B1F
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Tension Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 85,216 hours, 12,248 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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