Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 2, 2008
Submitted
March 5, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25073
Aircraft time
56,062 hours, 20,518 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Fuselage
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

EXISTING FASTENER HOLE WAS FOUND LOCATED TOO FAR AFT. THE FASTENER IS COMMON TO THE SIDE LINK FITTING (012N8887), SHEAR TIE FITTING (112N7017) AND THE TENSION CLIP (012N8886). THIS FASTENER LOCATION WAS LOCATED AT THE FACTORY 85625 DURING OEM ASSEMBLY AND THE 112N7009-14 DRAG FITTING WAS MODIFIED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FASTENER. ACCOMPLISHED MAJOR REPAIR.