Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
December 24, 2008
Submitted
December 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N428FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
248
Aircraft time
38,333 hours, 25,791 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Part number
A5377341420151
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 2029
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

FWD PIT BILGE FRAME NR 37 BETWEEN STRINGER 51L AND STRINGER 52L SHEAR TIE HAS CORROSION ON THE AFT SURFACE. REMOVED SHEAR TIE FROM FRAME 37 IAW SRM 51-40-21. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-73-10. ORIGINAL MATERIAL 0.055 IAW SRM 53-14-13. REMAINING MATERIAL 0.042 IAW DWG 6-17-09. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-73-10. LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW SHEAR TIE IAW SRM 51-40-40. ALODINED IAW SRM 51-21-00. PRIMED IAW SRM 51-24-00. INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-40-21.

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