Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 5, 2015
Submitted
November 5, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53313
Aircraft time
62,489 hours, 45,344 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1418
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 FRAME CLIP BS 1418 BETWEEN LONG 1 - 2R. FRAME CLIP WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 53-14-4, 53-03, FIG 3, 51-10-2 AND 51-10-3 PAR 14 AND 21. DIMENTION OF CRACKS IS 0.750".

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