What was found
TENSION TIE FAILSAFE CHORD CRACKED AT 2 FASTENER HOLES, BS 1140 LT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA. SPLICED IN NEW SECTION OF FRAME SEGMENT PER SRM 53-40-07, REPAIR 2.
- Difficulty date
- February 21, 2013
- Submitted
- February 22, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N118UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28811
- Aircraft time
- 56,448 hours, 6,710 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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