What was found
DURING STAGE 2 TENSION TIE INSP FOUND 3 FASTENER HOLES CRACKED ON UPPER DECK FRAME AT BS 1140 LT SIDE. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA, SPLICED IN NEW FRAME SECTION.
- Difficulty date
- August 8, 2009
- Submitted
- August 13, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N177UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 24384
- Aircraft time
- 79,596 hours, 9,804 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1140
- 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.