Service difficulty report · Bumper · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 27, 2013
Submitted
November 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N556UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26650
Aircraft time
70,040 hours, 25,689 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Bumper
Condition
Damaged
Location
Thrust Reverser
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

NR 2 ENG REVERSER SLEEVE OTBD SIDE AT 3 O'CLOCK POSITION BUMPER ASSEMBLY DAMAGED PREVENTING TRANSLATING SLEEVE FROM PROPERLY STOWING. REPLACED POSITION BUMPER ASSEMBLY IAW IPC 78-31-10-005 ITEM 148.