Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 5, 2015
Submitted
July 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N988DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53339
Aircraft time
60,554 hours, 43,634 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 SHEAR TIE ON BS 1380 BTW LONGERON 12-15L. SHEAR TIE REPLACED IAW SRM 53-14-4, FIG 1 AND TREATED AND PAINTED IAW SRM 51-10-3 PAR 14, 21 AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 51-30-5.

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