SDR 96ZZZM1418

Service difficulty report · Wheel Assy · Boeing 737297

Difficulty date
July 12, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N462AT
Make and model
Boeing 737297
Aircraft serial
22631
Part
Wheel Assy
Part number
26015711
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg
Component
Bendix
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER LANDING, DURING TAXI TO GATE, THE NR 4 MLG WHEEL ASSY FAILED CAUSING THE NR 4 HUB CAP TO IMPACT THE NR 2 ENG INBOARD COWLING DAMAGING THE FORWARD AND AFT SECTIONS. UPON OPENING UP NR 2 ENGINE COWL INVESTIGATION REVEALED AFT FIREWALL AND TAILPIPE DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION OF THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT THE OUTBOARD FLANGE HAD FAILED AND SEPARATED FROM THE ASSEMBLY. WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS IMPOUNDED AND WILL BE RETURNED TO MCO. WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS OVERHAULED BY AVIALL IN HOLLYWOOD, FL. WHEEL ASSY HAD ACCUMULATE 210 CYCLES. A/C IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REPAIR IN DAYTON.