Service difficulty report · Hi-Lok Collars · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
May 6, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25367
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Hi-Lok Collars
Condition
Cracked
Location
Wheel Well Area
Stage of operation
IN
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

NUMEROUS UNIVERSAL .25 ORANGE COLORED HI-LOK COLLARS WERE FOUND CRACKED FROM THE BASE TO THE TOP, IN THE WHEEL WELL AREA. COLLARS ARE COMMON TO FRAME SPLICES AND VERTICAL STIFFENERS ALONG THE KEEL BEAM. *S/D* CRACKED COLLARS DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT, -T6 INSTEAD OF -T73. REFERENCED BOEING MESSAGE M-7272-94-4800 AND REPLACED CRACKED HI-LOK COLLARS.