What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:C RT BS 983 STR 38R LOWER DRAG SPLICE FITTING FOUND 1 EACH FASTENER HOLE CRACKED APPROX .125 INCH AS MARKED. RT BS 983 STR 38R LOWER DRAG SPLICE FITTING REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-10-01 AND BOEING SB 747-53-2064.
- Difficulty date
- April 22, 2002
- Submitted
- May 13, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N676UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 747123
- Aircraft serial
- 20101
- Aircraft time
- 75,235 hours, 21,257 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 65B16951
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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