What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CORROSION OF UPPER CARDAN NUT ON RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR SIDE STAY BETWEEN STA 732 TO STA 1469 BETWEEN RIB 2 AND RIB 3. REPLACED UPPER CARDAN NUT PER EA 275970.
- Difficulty date
- December 8, 2017
- Submitted
- January 10, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N278AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330323
- Aircraft serial
- 388
- Aircraft time
- 76,510 hours, 10,657 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3211 · Main Landing Gear Attach Section
- Part
- Nut
- Part number
- 201267639
- Part serial
- S8401MDG0165
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Zone 700
- Part time
- 29,979 hours, 4,173 cycles
- 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.