Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date
March 23, 2010
Submitted
March 24, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429MC
Make and model
Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial
24833
Aircraft time
78,592 hours, 10,543 cycles
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
U
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

LEFT BS 1220 TENSION TIE AREA ONE FASTENER HOLE CRACKED AT FRAME. BS 1220 ENTIRE FRAME REPLACED FROM PRODUCTION SPLICE STR 4 TO STR 11.5 PRODUCTION SPLICE PER EO 4453A216 PART 7 POINT 6.

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