Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
May 1, 2017
Submitted
May 3, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N947AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29536
Aircraft time
50,479 hours, 20,599 cycles
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Loose
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 GROUNDED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. DFW-SNA FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ELP ACCOUNT PASSENGERS IN ROWS 17 AND 18 REPORTED THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM FLOOR, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT CONTINUED TO SNA. FOUND A LOOSE B-NUT AND MISSING CLAMP ON THE LEFT HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR HEAD PRESSURE LINE. TIGHTENED B-NUT AND INSTALLED CLAMP ( AALA201705039010). NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.