Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
March 23, 2010
Submitted
March 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25279
Aircraft time
78,140 hours, 9,570 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Sta 1200 Rt
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CRACK IN FWD TENSION TIE HOLE UD STA 1200, RT SIDE TENSION TIE INSP STAGE 2. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REMOVED FWD CHANNEL. HFEC PER NTM, NO CRACK FOUND. MFG AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS.