What was found
LT SIDE BS740 TENSION TIE AREA 1 EA FASTENER HOLE CRACK AT FWD CHANNEL RUNNING UPWARD APPROX 0.040" IN LENGTH. FWD CHANNEL REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-20-30-2R-1, REPAIR 1, FIG 201.
- Difficulty date
- June 18, 2012
- Submitted
- July 5, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N497MC
- Make and model
- Boeing 74747UF
- Aircraft serial
- 29258
- Aircraft time
- 56,974 hours, 8,844 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Channel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 740
- 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.