Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 18, 2012
Submitted
October 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53311
Aircraft time
56,321 hours, 40,739 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1211
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

AFT CARGO FRAME SHEAR TIE HAS CORROSION, BS 1211, RBL 5. REMOVED SHEAR TIE, FOUND CORROSION IS OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-03-FIG 3. INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE IAW SRM 51-30, 868414.

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