What was found
WHILE PERFORMING NDT OPEN HOLE INSPECTION ON THE BS 2598 BULKHEAD, RIGHT FWD INNER CHORD AND SPLICE FITTING, FOUND UPPER HOLE CRACKED IN SPLICE FITTING ONLY.
- Difficulty date
- May 16, 2017
- Submitted
- May 17, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N464MC
- Make and model
- Boeing 747446
- Aircraft serial
- 26341
- Aircraft time
- 93,524 hours, 17,407 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 65B0263912
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 2598 Bulkhead
- 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.