Service difficulty report · Arm · Boeing 777223

Difficulty date
July 11, 2017
Submitted
July 31, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N772AN
Make and model
Boeing 777223
Aircraft serial
29580
Aircraft time
74,501 hours, 9,462 cycles
Part
Arm
Part number
162W17121
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. NOSE LANDING GEAR FIXED UPPER TORQUE LINK RESTRAINING LATCH ARM IS BROKEN OFF OF THE TORQUE LINK ATTACH PIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR. TEMPORARY REPAIR PER EA 271595. REMOVED AND REPLACED ARM ASSEMBLY PER SRM 51-40-02. (CLOSED)