SDR CHIA0579

Service difficulty report · Attach Bolt · Boeing 234

Difficulty date
March 24, 2011
Submitted
March 30, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 234
Aircraft serial
MJ022
Part
Attach Bolt
Part number
114R22012
Part serial
CH3997
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rotor Head
Part time
2,950 hours, 2,371 cycles
Component
Rotor Head · Boeing
Component part number
414R2002
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
M
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

DURING THE REPAIR OF ROTOR HEAD PN 414R2002, SN A5-1460, BOLT PN 114R2201-2, SN CH-3997, SHEARED AT THE THREADED PORTION OF THE BOLT WHEN FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BOLT HEAD IN A LOOSENING DIRECTION. BOLT PN 114R2201-2, SN SB-138, THAT WAS REMOVED DURING THE SAME REPAIR WAS INSPECTED BY NDT AND FOUND TO BE CRACKED AT THE THREADED PORTION OF THE BOLT.

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