What was found
CRACK ON SHEAR TIE AROUND FASTENER AT STATION 980 JUST ABOVE LONGERON 16 LEFT. REMOVED CRACKED SHEAR TIE, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE.
- Difficulty date
- May 8, 2001
- Submitted
- May 8, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N501ME
- Make and model
- Doug DC932
- Aircraft serial
- 47132
- Aircraft time
- 70,138 hours, 59,910 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Part number
- 9918553501
- 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.