What was found
AFT LOWER FUSELAGE INTERNAL BILGE AREA, SHEAR TIE FWD FACE HAS CORROSION, BS 1681, STR 27L-28L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REMOVED SHEAR TIE AND FABRICATED A NEW SHEAR TIE PER BAC DWG 140N2002-1011 AND INSTALLED.
- Difficulty date
- August 5, 2009
- Submitted
- August 19, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N568UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26674
- Aircraft time
- 55,397 hours, 20,377 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5300 · Fuselage Structure (General)
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1680 S29r
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- O
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