- Difficulty date
- May 13, 2007
- Submitted
- May 29, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 747123
- Aircraft serial
- 20101
- Aircraft time
- 85,501 hours, 23,519 cycles
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Damaged
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE:C RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER UPPER REAR SPAR AND SPLICE PLATE INSP BROKEN BOLTS INDICATION REVEALED ON BOLT 6 & 29. RIGHT HORIZONTAL STAB UPPER REAR SPAR AND SPLICE PLATE BROKEN BOLTS 6 & 29 POSITION REPLACED (BOLTS P/N ON:BACB30US6K17 & BACB30US7K20) WITH NON-MAGNETIC TYPE BOLTS PER B747-5510-16378-G APP 'D'.