Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
March 19, 2016
Submitted
March 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N791AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
28886
Aircraft time
58,187 hours, 32,983 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Part number
654659320
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 500d
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.

What was found

FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT BS 500D SHEAR TIE BETWEEN 28L AND 27L HAS AREAS OF CORROSION. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED CORROSION AND CHECKED LIMITS. FOUND SHEAR TIE TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-07-1A-1, FIG 101 DETAIL II. REPAIRED SHEAR TIE IAW SRM 53-00-07-2R-4. THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR WITH A THRESHOLD OF 66,000 CYCLES AND AN INTERVAL OF 24,000 CYCLES. CYCLES AT TIME OF REPAIR 32,983, W .75, O .045, R .023, L 2.0, D .022.