What was found
CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE. FOUND TO BE BEYOND LIMITS. CUT OUT THE DAMAGED SECTION LONGERONS 29L. FABRICATED A REPAIR AND INSTALLED.
- Difficulty date
- November 7, 2014
- Submitted
- November 10, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N905DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49536
- Aircraft time
- 77,268 hours, 58,878 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.