What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MAINTENANCE. AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT SHEAR TIE CRACKED FORWARD SIDE OF FUSELAGE STATION 1380 ABOVE LONGERON 13R. REPAIRED IAW AARD 53-10-10-20.
- Difficulty date
- April 25, 2017
- Submitted
- April 26, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N965TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53615
- Aircraft time
- 49,519 hours, 24,713 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.