Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 18, 2014
Submitted
December 1, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53242
Aircraft time
62,065 hours, 45,842 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1380
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.

What was found

CRACKED AFT ACCESSORY BAY SHEAR TIE AT BS 1380 AND LONGERON 15R. THE SHEAR TIE WAS REPLACED IAW SRM AND 51-30-5, 51-30-2 AND TREATED, PAINTED IAW SRM 51-10-3, PAR 21 & 14.

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