What was found
AFT CARGO PIT LOWER BILGE SHEAR TIE HAS CORROSION ON FWD AND AFT SURFACES AT BS 1148 BTW L29L-L29R. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS REPLACED SHEAR TIE PER SRM 51-30-5.
- Difficulty date
- May 5, 2012
- Submitted
- July 9, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N918DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49583
- Aircraft time
- 61,939 hours, 48,063 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1148
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.