Service difficulty report · Tire · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
October 30, 2020
Submitted
November 13, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31161
Aircraft time
23,589 hours, 9,864 cycles
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
26123111
Part serial
B17244
Condition
Deflated
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. EXPERIENCED GEAR RELATED VIBRATION ABOVE 100 KTS ON T/O AND LANDING. UPON TAXI IN, EXPERIENCED SECOND LEFT MAIN FAILURE-BOTH LEFT GEAR TIRES FLAT REPORTED BY ANOTHER A/C. FLIGHT CREW ALSO REPORTED APROXIMATLEY 30 MINUTES AFTER SITTING WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRES FLAT THEY EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC QUANTITY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. MAINTENANCE MAIN FOUND THE HYDRAULIC LINE TO THE LEFT GEAR SHIMMY DAMPER SEVERED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SEVERED HYDRAULIC LINE, BLED THE SHIMMY DAMPER AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY LEAK CHECK, PER AMM 32-11-81. (AALA202011129022) IN ADDITION, LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR NR 1 (AALA202011019005) AND NR 2 (AALA202011129021) TIRES WERE REPLACED, PER AMM 32-45-11.