SDR UIEA99067

Service difficulty report · Spar Web · Boeing 747230B

Difficulty date
August 31, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509MC
Make and model
Boeing 747230B
Aircraft serial
21221
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar Web
Part number
65B172461
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 385-400
Part time
95,346 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LEFT WING MID SPAR AND UPPER CHORD, FASTENER HOLES ELONGATED AND CRACKED. ALSO, EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER FASTENER HOLE CHIPPED FROM WS 400 TO WS 385. AT 12 HOLE LOCATIONS BETWEEN WS 388 AND 407 OVERSIZE HI-LOCKS WERE INSTALLED AND AT ONE LOCATION SEPARATE FREEZE PLUGS WERE INSTALLED COMMON TO THE WEB AND UPPER SPAR CHORD AND HI-LOCK INSTALLED. AT MSS 400, THE CRACKED HOLE WAS TRIMMED OUT AND A PERMANENT REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW BOEING TELEXS. (M)