Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
August 12, 2012
Submitted
August 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24382
Aircraft time
86,751 hours, 9,800 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 1220
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.

What was found

BS 1220 TENSION TIE CHANNEL TWO 0.375 INCH OVERSIZED HOLES. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE, VERIFIED HOLES ARE CRACK FREE BY HFEC. INSTALLED OVER-SIZE FASTENERS PER ECRA 5310-05551.