What was found
DURING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF LT MLG BOGIE PIN, CRACK INDICATION WAS FOUND. INITIAL ULTRASONIC TEST INDICATED CRACKING. THEREFORE, THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW -5. SUBSEQUENT TESTING REVEALED THAT THE PART WAS NOT CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2006
- Submitted
- April 4, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N648UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 25285
- Aircraft time
- 57,365 hours, 9,350 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- System (JASC)
- 3210 · Main Landing Gear
- Part
- Pin
- Part number
- 161T11454
- Part serial
- 1608462
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Mlg
- Part time
- 57,365 hours, 9,350 cycles
- 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.