Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 747475

Difficulty date
December 27, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 747475
Part
Bolt
Part number
69B112566
Condition
Sheared
Location
Flap Carriage
Stage of operation
IN
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)DURING ROUTINE INSPECITON AND RETORQUE OF THE MAIN FLAP CARRIAGE SPINDLE RETAINING NUTS, THE #1 T.E. FLAP SPINDLE NUT RETAINER HAD FALLEN OUT OF POSITION AND DAMAGED THE STRUCTURE. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RETAINER NUT LOCK BOLT HAD SHEARED DUE TO HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT OF THE BOLT. REPLACED.