Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 31, 2007
Submitted
September 7, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24890
Aircraft time
56,163 hours, 21,046 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

LEFT EXTERNAL FUSELAGE, STA 1180 BETWEEN STR 27L- 28L, SHEAR TIE HAS CRACK INDICATION INBOARD AREA AT RADIUS.