Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
March 25, 2010
Submitted
March 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540MC
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
22508
Aircraft time
106,156 hours, 18,652 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 780
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.

What was found

DURING C-CHECK, CORROSION AND CRACKING WAS FOUND IN THE 65B04175-1 BS 780 FRAME SHEAR TIE BETWEEN S-46L AND -47R. THE DAMAGE WAS TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIRED IAW NRC 699 AND SRM 53-10-04, FIG 4. THE 65B04175-1 FRAME SHEAR TIE IS MADE FROM 0.056 INCH THICK 7075-0 ALUMINUM SHEET IAW QQ-A-250/13 HEAT TREATED TO T6 AFTER FORMING. THE REPAIR CONSISTS OF AN 0.071 INCH THICK DOUBLER MADE FROM 7075-T6 ALUMINUM INSTALLED USING MS20470D6 RIVETS. PART 1 OF THIS EO DOCUMENTS THE FRAME REPAIR NRC 699 AND SRM 53-10-04, FIG 4 PART 2 OF THIS EO COMPLIES WITH THE REPETITIVE INSP REQUIREMENTS OF THE PART 1, CATEGORY B REPAIR. THE REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW PART 1 AND THE INSP IAW PART 2 OF THIS EO ARE FAA APPROVED IAW SRM 53-10-04, FIG 4. EO 4753B278.