Service difficulty report · Bearing · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
February 8, 2014
Submitted
February 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N989AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55152
Aircraft time
35,327 hours, 23,100 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3 Wheel
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED RT BRAKE CHATTERING ON TAXI OUT FOLLOWED BY A REPORT FROM OTHER ACFT THERE WAS VISIBLE SMOKE & FIRE ON THE RT MAIN GEAR. WHEN EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ARRIVED, GEAR WAS SMOKING, BUT NO FLAMES WERE VISIBLE. ACFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE JACKED THE RT MLG AND FOUND THE NR 3 MAIN WHEEL ASSY INNER BEARING FAILED AND THE SLEEVE DAMAGED. REPLACED THE NR 3 MAIN WHEEL ASSY NR 3 MLG BRAKE ASSY, AXLE SLEEVE, NR 3 ANTI-SKID TRANSDUCER, NR 4 MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY, AND INSPECTED THE NR 2 ENGINE FOR FOD.

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