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 760 S10l
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 4453A301 REV A, CRACK WAS FOUND AT 1 EA FASTENER HOLE ON AT BS 760 LT SIDE TENSION TIE (STR 10L), AFT CHANNEL. (THE DAMAGED TENSION TIE WAS REPAIRED IAW WORK STEP 6E OF PART 1 OF EO 4753B301, REV A IAW WORK STEP 6E OF PART 1 OF EO, THETENSION 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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