What was found
CORROSION ON SHEAR TIE AT BS 1520 BETWEEN STRINGERS 29L-28L. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND SHEAR TIE TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW SHEAR TIE.
- Difficulty date
- May 5, 2012
- Submitted
- May 11, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N588UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26717
- Aircraft time
- 61,525 hours, 21,568 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1520
- 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.