Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
January 13, 2022
Submitted
January 14, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16713
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28784
Aircraft time
69,684 hours, 24,271 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Part number
NA
Part serial
NA
Condition
Damaged
Location
Sta420s20l-21l
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SHEAR TIE DAMAGED AT STA.420 BETWEEN S-20L AND S-21L. VERIFIED SHEAR TIE PER AVO 713-22-01-06-01 REV. C. STEP B.3.. OK TO CONTINUE. MGH QC775 VERIFIED SHEAR TIE PER AVO 713-22-01-06-01 REV. C. STEP B.3. VERIFIED REFORM OF SHEAR TIE. PERFORMED HFEC OF REWORKED AREA IAW 737 NDT MANUAL PT 6 51-00-00-23, AND VISUALLY INSPECTED AREA WITH 10X MAGNIFIER. NO LIMITING DEFECTS NOTED. OK TO INSTALL REFORMED SHEAR TIE. MGH QC775. PER AVO 713-22-01-11-01 REFORMED SHEAR TIE TO ORIGINAL PRDUCTION REF AVO 713-22-01-11-01 ORIG. CONTOUR.