Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
May 11, 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 880
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 880R FRAME TO TENSION TIE CONNECTION FOUND CRACK AT FRAME. REPAIRED BY TRIMMING OF DAMAGED TENSION TIE CHANNELS AND SPLICING IN A NEW CHANNEL SIMILAR TO SRM 53-10-11 FIGURE 1 AS PER BOEING MESSAGE 1-317931893-3.

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