Service difficulty report · Bearing · Boeing 737800*

Difficulty date
May 27, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737800*
Aircraft time
13,771 hours
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B263
Part
Bearing
Part number
M22474920629
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg Wheel
Stage of operation
TX
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

(CAN) AFTER LANDING, PILOT REPORTED THAT ACFT REQUIRED MORE POWER THAN NORMAL DURING TAXI TO GATE. ACA INSPECTED WHEELS & BRAKES AND FOUND NR 4 BRAKE AND MAIN WHEEL ASSY WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. TIRE PRESSURE FOUND NORMAL, FUSE PLUGS DID NOT MELT. THE DAMAGE DESTROYED BOTH THE NR 4 MAIN WHEEL ASSY AND THE BRAKE ASSY. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO A FAILED INNER WHEEL BEARING. INNER BEARING FOUND TO BE DAMAGED AND SEIZED/WELDED TO THE AXLE. OUTER BEARING WAS INTACT. THE FUSE PLUGS WERE NOT FUSED. THE AXLE SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. THE ACFT IS CURRENTLY AOG AWAITING REPLACEMENT PARTS.

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