SDR 98ZZZX2417

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 73749R

Difficulty date
May 11, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460PR
Make and model
Boeing 73749R
Aircraft serial
28881
Part
Bolt
Part number
BACB30NF419
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Horiz Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

PER BOEING TELEX M-7200-98-01560, 5-5-98, PRO AIR ELECTED TO ACCOMPLISH A ONE-TIME INSP OF THE HORIZ STAB/ELEVATOR ATTACH FITTINGS TO IDENTIFY ANY FASTENERS INSTALLED DURING MANUFACTURING THAT HAD INCORRECT GRIP LENGTH. AS A RESULT OF THIS INSP, ALL 20 FASTENERS ON SUBJECT ACFT WERE BACB30NF4-19, AND WERE NOT OF ACCEPTABLE GRIP LENGTH, IN ADDITION TO BEING OUT OF CONFIGURATION PER BOEING/PRR IPC 55-50-00-08. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN TO REPLACE ALL FASTENERS WITH CORRECT P/N BACB30NF4-21 PER TELEX METER AND IPC55-50-00-08. NO LOOSE OR MISSING FASTENERS FOUND DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF TASK. COMP P/N 69-56027-1, P/N 69-562073.

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