What was found
STA 540 UPPER FUEL TANK SHEAR TIE CRACKED AT LBL 15. GROUNDED-YES. REMOVED CRACKED SHEAR TIE AT STA 540 LBL 15 & REPLACED WITH NEW SHEAR TIE, IAW 737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.
- Difficulty date
- October 8, 2020
- Submitted
- October 28, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N607AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737790
- Aircraft serial
- 29751
- Aircraft time
- 65,736 hours, 32,227 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Part number
- 111A24012
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuel Tank
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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