Service difficulty report · Bolt · Boeing 1072

Difficulty date
April 28, 2019
Submitted
April 29, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N188CH
Make and model
Boeing 1072
Aircraft serial
107
Aircraft time
74,517 hours
Part
Bolt
Part number
NAS464842
Condition
Broken
Location
Fwd Rotor
Part time
1,352 hours
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

LONGITUDINAL RIGID LINK AFT BOLT ON FORWARD HEAD WAS MAKING WEAR DUST/GREASE FROM THE BOLT HEAD. PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE BOLT, AND WHEN THE TECHNICIAN STARTED TO LOOSEN THE BOLT, THE HEAD SNAPPED OFF. REMOVED THE REST OF THE REMAINING HARDWARE AND REPLACED WITH NEW HARDWARE.