Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 24, 2008
Submitted
November 13, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48458
Aircraft time
47,916 hours, 12,664 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Part number
AGA000919
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AFT CARGO, STA 1902 BETWEEN LONGERON 51 LEFT TO 51 RIGHT FOUND SHEAR CLIP CORRODED. AFT CARGO STA 1902 BETWEEN LONGERON 51 LEFT TO 51 RIGHT SHEAR CLIP CORROSION REMOVED AND FOUND EXCEED LIMITS AS PER SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 4 VOLUME I. ORIGINAL THICKNESS = 0.071 INCH, MATERIAL REMOVED = 0.030 INCH, MATERIAL REMAINING = 0.041 INCH. SHEAR CLIP FABRICATED AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING NR AGA0009. SHEAR CLIP REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-35-01 VOLUME II. THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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