Service difficulty report · Tire Tread · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
March 19, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
339
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire Tread
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Mlg
Stage of operation
UK
Nature of condition
C
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 MLG TIRE MISSING A LITTLE TREAD AND FLAT. RUBBER WENT INTO THE NR 1 ENG INLET. NR 1 ENG HAS 8 FAN BLADES BENT NEAR L/E TIRE AREA. NR 1 ENG INLET HAS HOLE IN SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL APPROX 1.5 BY 1.5 BY 2.5 INCH DEEP AT 11:30 POS 3 INCHES FWD OF FAN. NR 1 ENG LINER SEG DAMAGED BET 11 AND 12 O'CLOCK POS BETWEEN FAN AND EXIT VANES. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 AND NR 2 MAIN WHEEL ASSYS. C/W FOD BORESCOPE INSP OF NR 1 ENG HP COMP STAGES 4, 5, 14 AND 15, NO DISC. BLENDED FAN BLADES PER PRATT AND WHITNEY MM 72-21-02 PG 601 TO 617. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE COWL PER MM 71-11-00 AND ALL SOUND ABSORBING LINERS PER MM 72-23-05. C/W INSP AFTER TIRE BURST PER MM 05-51-15.

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