Service difficulty report · Pushrod · Boeing 777223

Difficulty date
June 24, 2018
Submitted
August 7, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N762AN
Make and model
Boeing 777223
Aircraft serial
31479
Aircraft time
66,329 hours, 7,887 cycles
Part
Pushrod
Part number
113W14525
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
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

THE RIGHT INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP WAS FOUND TO BE DROPPING. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. INVESTIGATION FOUND DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD DRIVE LINKAGE WITH AT LEAST 3 DAMAGED PUSHRODS AND A CRANK BECAME FREE FROM THE MOUNTS AND TRUNNIONS CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ADJACENT STRUCTURE. REPLACED THE DAMAGED DRIVE LINKAGE, COMPONENTS AND REPAIRED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.