Service difficulty report · Pin · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
August 10, 2005
Submitted
August 15, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N629AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
076
Aircraft time
50,886 hours, 22,859 cycles
Part
Pin
Part number
201160697
Part serial
1403295
Condition
Worn
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
50,792 hours, 22,698 cycles
Component
Torque Link · Messier
Component part number
201160256
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT ROTATION, CREW NOTICED SEVERE VIBRATION FROM MLG AREA. A/C CONTINUED ONTO MSP, CREW FLEW BY TOWER, UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF TIRE DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED. EMERGENCY LANDING DECLARED. MX INSPECTED TIRES, BRAKES & GEAR, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED BSCU BITE TEST, NO FAULTS FOUND. MOC GENERATED FOLLOW UP TO BE PREFORMED IN PHX. MX INSPECTED, FOUND APEX PIN WORN ON UPPER TORQUE LINK AT RT MLG UPPER TORQUE LINK. REPLACED APEX PIN & TORQUE LINK. VIBRATION WRITTEN UP AGAIN RESULTING IN NOSE TIRES & MLG TIRES BEING REPLACED. TORQUE LING APEX PIN WAS SCRAPPED. UPPER TORQUE LING ASSEMBLY WAS REPAIRED, TWO WORN APEX BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW BUSHINGS. WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW CMM 32-11-33 REV. 29.

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