Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 74748EF

Difficulty date
July 28, 2011
Submitted
July 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419MC
Make and model
Boeing 74748EF
Aircraft serial
28367
Aircraft time
67,951 hours, 11,520 cycles
Part
Tension Tie
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 860 S9r
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING INSPECTION, IAW EO 4453A301 REV A, CRACK WAS FOUND AT 1 EA FASTENER HOLE ON AT BS 860 RT SIDE TENSION TIE (STR 9R), AFT CHANNEL. THE SUBJECT DAMAGE WAS DOCUMENTED ON NRC 50599. THE DAMAGED TENSION TIE WAS REPAIRED IAW WORK STEP 11E OF PART 2 OF EO 4753B301, REV A IAW WORK STEP 11E OF PART 2 OF EO, THE TENSION TIE CRACKS THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED BY DOING THE OVERSIZE HOLE REPAIR, SHOULD BE REPAIRED AS GIVEN IN SRM 53-20-30, REPAIR 1.

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