Service difficulty report · Wheel · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 30, 2016
Submitted
January 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N554UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4966
Aircraft time
16,692 hours, 6,794 cycles
Part
Wheel
Part number
C20500100
Part serial
50219
Condition
Vibration
Location
Zone 700
Part time
20,554 hours, 2,986 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: ON TAKEOFF EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT OR NEAR ROTATION. VIBRATION STOPPED AFTER GEAR WAS IN WHEEL WELL. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO LAS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED PER TSM 32-20-00-810-802A. NO VISUAL DEFECTS FOUND. REPLACED ALL NOSE AND MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY'S. THIS REPORT IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE #2 MAIN TIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY PER AMM 32-41-11. (SEE ALSO AALA201612319005, AALA201612319006, AALA201612319007, AALA201612319009, AND AALA201612319010.)

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