Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 72723

Difficulty date
January 15, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N717DH
Make and model
Boeing 72723
Aircraft serial
19389
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 560
Stage of operation
IN
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

AT D-CK, FWD BAGGAGE COMP BS 560 CIRCUMFERENTIAL CLIP TO FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED O/B OF STR 25L. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AT ATTACH CLIP AT BS 560, STR 25L PER SRM 53-10-4, (2 BY 4). FABRICATED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-10-4, MATERIAL USED, 7075-0, .063, 6 BY 4. HEAT TREATED REPAIR DOUBLER TO 7075T-6 AS PER APPROVED SPECS. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-10-2. REF: N/R 3497.

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