Service difficulty report · Angle · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
November 7, 2005
Submitted
February 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N659UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27114
Aircraft time
56,487 hours, 9,261 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Angle
Part number
311T31571
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Pylon
Part time
56,487 hours, 9,261 cycles
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 1 PYLON MID SPAR AT STA 233.120 RT SIDE, ANGLE IS CRACKED AT THE 2ND FROM INBOARD ATTACH FASTENER. NR 1 PYLON MID SPAR P/N 311T3157-1 AT STA 233.120 RT SIDE, ANGLE IS CRACKED AT THE 2ND FROM INBOARD ATTACH FASTENER, VERIFIED WITH HFEC. THIS IS THE CLOSE-OUT ANGLE ON THE PYLON INBOARD SIDE, OUTBOARD FASTENER LOOKING INSIDE OF PYLON. THE CRACK IS PROBABLY CAUSED BY FATIGUE AND IT WAS REPAIRED WITH FABRICATED PYLON ANGLE.