Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
December 30, 2001
Submitted
January 24, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N702UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45902
Aircraft time
65,998 hours, 23,992 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
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.

What was found

INSPECTION TYPE:C2 STA 1860 LONG 3R CLIP/SHEAR TIE IS CRACKED. STOP DRILLED CRACK, NDT VERIFIED NO CRACKS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1B.

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