Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
May 17, 2007
Submitted
May 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21782
Aircraft time
92,606 hours, 18,914 cycles
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 840
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 840L FRAME TO TENSION TIE CONNECTION FOUND HOLES 4, 15 AND 19 CRACKED AT FORWARD CHANNEL. REPAIRED TENSION TIES BY TRIMMING OF THE DAMAGED TENSION TIR CHANNELS AND SPLICING IN NEW CHANNELS SIMILAR TO SRM 53-10-11 FIGURE 1 AS PER BOEING MESSAGE 1-317931689-31-1.

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