Service difficulty report · Link · Boeing 1072

Difficulty date
March 8, 2002
Submitted
May 9, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N191CH
Make and model
Boeing 1072
Part
Link
Part number
A02R25518
Part serial
AM605
Condition
Cracked
Location
M/R Head
Part time
3,766 hours
Component
Head · Boeing
Component part number
107R25015302
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

CREW CHIEF NOTIFIED OF A POSSIBLE CRACK ON THE FORWARD ROTOR HEAD GREEN GLADE EXTENSION LINK AT THE HORIZONTAL PIN LAG BORE 6 OCLOCK POSITION. UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE ROTOR HEAD IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE EXTENSION LINK WAS CRACKED. THE CRACK EXTENDED APPROX. .500 INCHES FROM THE HORIZONTAL PIN BORE INWARD, ACROSS THE FACE AND MFG HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS DEFECT.