Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 7, 2009
Submitted
July 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9615W
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53562
Aircraft time
35,541 hours, 16,642 cycles
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

SHEAR TIE CRACKED AT LONGERON 2 LT. INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE CLIP PER STRUCTURE REPAIR MANUAL 51-10.

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