What was found
SHEAR TIE CRACKED AFT SIDE OF 1437 ABOVE LONGERON 17 LEFT. INSTALLED SHEAR TIE AT STATION 1437 ABOVE LONGERON 17 LEFT PER AARD 51-00-05-1.
- Difficulty date
- March 25, 2013
- Submitted
- March 26, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N948TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49575
- Aircraft time
- 68,303 hours, 35,773 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- 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.