Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 28, 2010
Submitted
November 1, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N595UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28748
Aircraft time
50,223 hours, 13,958 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Gouged
Location
Bs 440 S17l
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

FWD CABIN LT SIDE & FWD OF STA 440, JUST BELOW S-17L, SHEAR TIE GOUGED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: BLENDED GOUGE, AND MATERIAL REMAINING EXCEEDS LIMITS OF SRM. R & R SECTION OF FLOOR SUPPORT SPLICE WITH NEWLY MFG SUPPORT ANGLE AND SPLICE.