Service difficulty report · Thrust Link · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 16, 2000
Submitted
October 27, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24627
Aircraft time
7,120 hours, 12,173 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Thrust Link
Condition
Sheared
Location
Nr 2 Engine
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

NR 2 ENG FWD MOUNT LEFT HAND THRUST LINK HAS FOUR SHEARED, AND FOUR MISSING ATTACH BOLTS AT THE FWD ATTACH POINT TO THE U FLANGE AT THE BACK OF THE INTERMEDIATE CASE. *S/D* THE BOLTS DID NOT SHEAR, THEY FAILED DUE TO STRESS FRACTURES CAUSED BY VIBRATORY STRESS. THE PROBABLY ROOT CAUSE IS THE FIT OF THE BOLT TO THE CLEVIS AND THE DESIGN SIZE AND HARDNESS OF THE BOLTS AND WASHERS USED.