What was found
STA 544 TEAR STRAP HAS CORROSION. FABRICATED SAMPLE AND INSTALLED NEW TEAR STRAP P/N 143T3222-5 IAW B767 SRM 51-40-02 AND BOEING DWG 143T3220. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- February 11, 2012
- Submitted
- March 3, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N745AX
- Make and model
- Boeing 767232
- Aircraft serial
- 22222
- Aircraft time
- 78,132 hours, 36,661 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Tear Strap
- Part number
- 143T32205
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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