Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
June 10, 2007
Submitted
June 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540MC
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
22508
Aircraft time
99,304 hours, 17,217 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 860
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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 860R FRAME TO TENSION TIE CONNECTION FOUND HOLE NR 9 HOLE CRACKED AT FORWARD CHANNEL. BS 860 FRAME TO TENSION TIE CONNECTION CRACKED FORWARD CHANNEL REPAIRED AS PER BOEING MESSAGE 1-339630379-21-1 AND FAA 8100-9.