Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 22, 2015
Submitted
July 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53311
Aircraft time
62,920 hours, 45,156 cycles
Part
Trunnion
Condition
Corroded
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

CORROSION AND BLEND OUTS IN LT RETRACT ACTUATOR SUPPORT FITTING BUSHING BORE. CORROSION ON BUSHING BORE WAS REWORKED WITH FINAL DIMENTION: ID 2.2735" WITHIN LIMITS IAW DWG SR09570087, REV B FPI WAS ACCOMPLISHED LT RETRACT ACTUATOR SUPPORT FITTING BUSHING BORE NO CRACKS WERE FOUND AFTER REWORKED IAW CARD 5740-01139-04B, STEP 8.

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