SDR 99ZZZX2505

Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Boeing 7373U3

Difficulty date
May 17, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N360PR
Make and model
Boeing 7373U3
Aircraft serial
28742
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Worn
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TX
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

ON TAXI NOTED A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM NLG AREA WITH LESS THAN 8,000 POUNDS OF FUEL ONBOARD. ACFT HAS TOTAL OF 1,303 HRS FLIGHT TIME. INSP AND TEARDOWN OF UPPER AND LOWER DRAG LINK TRUNNION BEARINGS AND PINS, SHOCK STRUT TRUNNION BEARINGS AND PINS, FOUND DAMAGE AND PREMATURE WEAR ON DRAG LINK TRUNNION PINS LT AND RT AND BEARINGS. WASHERS ON PINS CRACKED, LT AND RT. DAMAGE IN THIS LOCATION CONSISTED OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL GOUGES AND WEAR NEAR OTBD SIDE OF PINS AND BEARINGS. DAMAGE NOTED AT UPPER AND LOWER BEARING. NOTED SHOCK STRUT TRUNNION PIN JAM NUTS, LT AND RT, WERE SAFETIED, BUT NEVER TORQUED. NUTS WERE FOUND HAND TIGHT. ALL PARTS REPLACED.

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