Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 7272Q9

Difficulty date
July 31, 2007
Submitted
August 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N741DH
Make and model
Boeing 7272Q9
Aircraft serial
21931
Aircraft time
48,407 hours, 38,367 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 990
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AFT PIT AT BS 990, BETWEEN STR 28L AND 29L, FRAME SHEAR TIE CRACKED/CORRODED, AND EXISTING REPAIR CUT-OUT IMPROPER. REMOVED CRACKED SHEAR TIE, FABRICATED NEW SHEAR TIE FROM 7075-T6, .071" BY 5.5" BY 2.25", PO NR 9004779, PER B727 SRM 53-10-2 FIG 5 AND 53-10-4 FIG 11. TREATED, PRIMED, AND INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE PER B727 SRM 51-10-2 AND 53-10-4 FIG 11. TRIMMED OUT FRAME SECTION AT EXISTING REPAIR PER B727 SRM 51-10-1.

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