Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 737204

Difficulty date
July 19, 2004
Submitted
January 5, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737204
Aircraft time
98,004 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
System (JASC)
1430 · Fasteners
Part
Bolt
Part number
BACB30MT7T23
Condition
Sheared
Location
Stab Fitting
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

WHEN THIRD PARTY AMO WAS INSPECTING THE FWD STABILIZER FITTINGS ATTACHED TO THE AFT SPAR FOR SB737-57A1266 ON A/C 743 FOUND THE O/B FITTING CRACKED. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT ALL FOUR BOLT HEADS ON THE AFT O/B FITTING WERE SHEARED OFF, AND THE FITTING BEGINNING TO LIFT OFF THE BEAM. THIS FITTING IS NOT PART OF THE SB. AS THE BOLT HEADS ARE MISSING CAN ONLY PROVIDE THE PART NUMBERS PER THE IPC. AS THIS IS NOT PART OF ANY SB THAT CAN FIND, BUT THE SB THEY WERE WORKING FROM DESCRIBES SERIOUS MLG FAILURE AND/OR LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AS A FACTOR, SHOULD A BRACKET FAIL, THOUGHT THAT AN SDR WAS APPROPRIATE. UNFORTUNATELY HAD REMOVED THE BRACKET BEFORE COULD GET ANY BETTER PICTURES, BUT HAVE RETAINED