Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
February 28, 2003
Submitted
March 21, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N880UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46080
Aircraft time
68,460 hours, 25,963 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

INSPECTION TYPE: C2, SHEAR TIE IS CRACKED AT STA 640 BETWEEN LONG 26L AND 27L. REMOVED SHEAR TIE SPLICE, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SPLICE IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2B.

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