What was found
WHILE ACCESSING AREA FOR GROUND AIR CONDITION SKIN REPAIR, NOTICED SHEAR TIE AT BS 520 BETWEEN STR 26L-27L IS CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE ANGLE IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2016
- Submitted
- January 28, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N792AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737490
- Aircraft serial
- 28887
- Aircraft time
- 57,175 hours, 32,446 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Part number
- 65465347
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 520
- 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.