Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 727260

Difficulty date
November 12, 2002
Submitted
December 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 727260
Aircraft time
38,362 hours, 18,944 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Bolt
Part number
69634801
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt 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

(CAN) AT C-CHECK. WHILE PERFORMING FWD MLG TRUNION FITTING REPLACEMENT ON THE RT MLG. TECH NOTICED NO SHIMS WERE INSTALLED BETWEEN FWD TRUNNION BEARING AND TRUNNION LINK TO OBTAIN REQUIRED 0.00 TO 0.003 INCH CLEARANCE. NO MEARSURMENT WAS TAKEN DUE TO FWD TRUNNION REPLACEMENT REQUIRES SHIM CLEARANCE BE RESET. AFTER TRUNNION LINK REMOVAL, SHOCK STRUT SHIFTED FORWARD AT THE AFT BEARING. WHILE TRYING TO REPOSITION THE SHOCK STRUT, SHOCK STRUT DISENGAGED FROM THE AFT BEARING ALLOWING THE SHOCK STRUT TO FALL FORWARD AND FREE FALL FROM AIRCRAFT. UPON EXAMINATION, AFT TRUNNION FUSE BOLT SHANK WAS FOUND CRACKED THRU AT BOLT HEAD AREA, TRUNNION BEARING UNI-BALL FOUND CRACKED, AND SHOCK STRUT AFT TRUNNION CRACKED.