Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 17, 2009
Submitted
July 24, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49457
Aircraft time
68,992 hours, 32,192 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

AFT ACCESSORY SHEAR TIE CRACKED AFT SIDE OF 1451 AFT OF LONGERON 2L. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE PER SRP 51-30.

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