What was found
AFT ACCY DURING NDT INSP OF RT DORSAL FIN ATTACH FITTING FOUND SHEAR TIE I/B OF FITTING CRACKED APPROX 2 INCHES, END OF CRACKED MARKED. REPLACED SHEAR TIE.
- Difficulty date
- July 27, 2009
- Submitted
- September 3, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N984DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53311
- Aircraft time
- 48,736 hours, 35,906 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Part number
- 9911840112
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.