Service difficulty report · Tire · Boeing 757223

Difficulty date
June 2, 2002
Submitted
October 30, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N689AA
Make and model
Boeing 757223
Aircraft serial
25731
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Condition
Separated
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ORD - FLT 1369 - EN ROUTE ORD-MIA - AFTER TAKEOFF, AMBER LANDING GEAR DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. LOWERED LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED NORMAL SAFE INDICATIONS. CHECKED HYDRAULIC QUANTITIES AND FOUND LEFT SIDE DECREASING NOTICEABLY. RETURNED AND LANDED ORD WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON LANDING, LEFT SYSTEM QUANTITY HAD DECREASED TO .52. INSPECTION ON THE RIGHT GEAR FOUND THE NR 7 TIRE HAD THROWN THE TREAD RUBBER FROM THE CORE AND HAD IMPACTED THE INBOARD FORWARD AND INBOARD AFT BRAKE LINES. ON IMPACT, BOTH LINES WERE SEVERED. ALSO, FOUND RIGHT GEAR TILT ACTUATOR HYDRAULIC LINE LEAKING. REPLACED ALL EFFECTED HYDRAULIC LINES. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)