Service difficulty report · Trunnion Pin · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
August 22, 2005
Submitted
August 24, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17640
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
28901
Aircraft time
21,363 hours, 11,249 cycles
Part
Trunnion Pin
Part number
6546113
Condition
Fractured
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE LT MLG UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM IAH. THE CREW VERIFIED THAT THE LT MLG HAD NOT RETRACTED. THE CREW PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE EXTENDED POSITION AND GOT THREE GREEN LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LT MLG TRUNNION PIN BROKEN IN TWO AND CORRODED. THE LT MLG TRUNNION PIN WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. AN FCD WILL BE ISSUED TO INSPECT THE FLEET LG TRUNNION PINS.