Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
December 2, 2011
Submitted
December 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N235FE
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
21329
Aircraft time
74,865 hours, 47,295 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Part number
6516348139
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1148
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.

What was found

AFT CARGO PIT BILGE SHEAR TIE CORRODED BS 1148, LBL 2. REMOVED CORROSION IAW B727 SRM 51-10-6, C/W U.T. THICKNESS IAW SRM NDTM PT 4, 51-00-00 FIG 2. ORIGINAL: .063, REMAINING .043, MATERIAL LOS .020, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-10-1 FIG 1. CUTOUT DAMAGE AREA DIM: 4" X 1" IAW SRM 53-10-4 FIG 15, FORMED REPAIR ANGLE IAW 53-10-4 FIG 15 & 51-20-1 FIG 7 ( DIM: 4" X 3"), HEAT TREATD TO T6 IAW FAS ENGINEERING REPORT 2-37153-001 REV A. TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-10-2 & INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2.