What was found
DURING HEAVY CHECK, LT FRAME 26 SHEAR TIE BETWEEN STRINGERS 12 AND 13 FOUND CRACKED. REPLACED WITH OEM PART IAW SRM.
- Difficulty date
- May 25, 2013
- Submitted
- June 25, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N900FX
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR42320
- Aircraft serial
- 170
- Aircraft time
- 31,319 hours, 35,047 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Part number
- S53572700210
- 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.