What was found
RIGHT HAND WING LOWER CHORD SHEAR TIE AT WS313.5 BETWEEN STRINGER 10 AND STRINGER 11 WAS FRACTURED DURING FASTENER INSTALLATION. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE.
- Difficulty date
- August 1, 2002
- Submitted
- August 6, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N542UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25276
- Aircraft time
- 37,414 hours, 13,674 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Condition
- Fractured
- 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.