Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
April 18, 2013
Submitted
April 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N117UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28810
Aircraft time
57,734 hours, 6,898 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1120
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 1120, LEFT TENSION TIE, HAS THREE FASTENER HOLES CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGE. HFEC, FABRICATE AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 53-40-30 REPAIR 1.