What was found
UPPER DECK LT BS1160, TENSION TIE CRACKED AT 5 FASTENER HOLES, 4 FWD & 1 AFT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF TENSION TIE, INSTALLED REINFORCING REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- January 28, 2010
- Submitted
- January 29, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N105UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747451
- Aircraft serial
- 26473
- Aircraft time
- 63,517 hours, 7,608 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Tension Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1160
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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