Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 31, 2010
Submitted
September 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N982TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53632
Aircraft time
30,703 hours, 14,541 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 AFT SIDE OF 1451 AFT OF LONGERON 2 LEFT. INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE CLIP PER SRM 51-01-00.

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