What was found
CORROSION AND CRACK IN SHEAR TIE BETWEEN STRINGERS 35R AND 36R AT FUSELAGE STATION 1439. THE SHEAR TIE WAS REPLACED. THE AIRPLANE WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- May 13, 2019
- Submitted
- May 31, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N740AX
- Make and model
- Boeing 767232
- Aircraft serial
- 22213
- Aircraft time
- 89,115 hours, 42,359 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Part number
- 140T210206
- 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.