Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
February 21, 2016
Submitted
March 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N762AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25099
Aircraft time
70,700 hours, 46,955 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
65C3271410
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing Mlg
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

R/W REAR SPAR MLG BEAM AFT SUPPORT FITTING CRACK IN RADIUS 2ND FASN OTBD. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED INSPECTIONS TO RT MLG BEAM AFT SUPPORT FITTING IAW EA 400-57 EA-16718. THIS IS A CATEGORY C REPAIR RT WING MLG BEAM AFT SUPPORT FITTING MUST BE R & R BEFORE ACFT REACHES 58,955 TOTAL FLT CYCLES. REFER TO EC TYPE EA 400-57EA-16719 AND ASSOCIATED T/C 400-57EA-16719-1 FOR FITTING REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.

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