Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 15, 2011
Submitted
August 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
21784
Aircraft time
105,635 hours, 21,872 cycles
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 920
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING INSPECTION OF DATUM ACFT IAW EO 4753B328, ELONGATION FASTENER HOLE WAS FOUND ON AT BS 920 RT SIDE TENSION TIE AFT CHANNEL (FIG 1). THE DAMAGED TENSION TIE WAS REPAIRED IAW WORK STEP 29D OF PART 2 OF EO 4753B328. IAW WORK STEP 29D OF PART 2 OF THE EO, THE TENSION TIE DAMAGE THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED BY DOING THE OVERSIZE HOLE REPAIR, SHOULD BE REPAIRED AS GIVEN IN SRM 53-10-11, FIG 2.

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