Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
March 8, 2005
Submitted
March 10, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N446FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
224
Aircraft time
37,459 hours, 26,512 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BULK PIT UNDER FLOOR STG 55L FROM FS 65 TO FS 66 HAS CORROSION AND CORROSION. EXTENDS BETWEEN SPLICE ANGLE AND STG AND UNDER SHEAR TIE AT FS 66. REMOVED CORROSION IAW A310-200 SRM 51-74-10. STRINGER CORRODED BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS AS PER A310-200 SRM 51-10-00. CUT AND REPAIRED STRINGER IAW A310-200 SRM 53-10-14. REMOVED AND REPLACED PRODUCTION SPLICE AT FRAME 65 IAW A310-200 SRM 51-72-10 AND 51-40-21.

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