Service difficulty report · Drag Fitting · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
April 21, 2021
Submitted
April 20, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N555NW
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
33391
Aircraft time
59,245 hours, 26,351 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Drag Fitting
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Engine
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

AIRCRAFT 5655, DURING MCK AT QRO, WHILE PERFORMING LH ENG. DIAGONAL FITTINGS. CLAMP UP & BRACE INSPECTIONS PER WC 5720-01100-0101A, SCRATCHES, TOOL MARKS AND WEAR WERE FOUND AFFECTING THE BORES OF HOLES 1-3, 5 & 11-18 COMMON TO THE FORWARD DRAG FITTINGS AND THE WING UPPER SKIN. AFTER REAMING TO FIRST OVERSIZE, IT WAS NOTED THAT SCRATCHES REMAINED AT HOLE #3 AND CORROSION REMAINED IN THE COUNTERSINKS OF HOLES 2-5, 8-10, 12, 14 & 18. ALSO, A TOOL MARK WAS FOUND AFFECTING THE IB DRAG FITTING, ADJACENT TO HOLE #2. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TOOL MARK ADJACENT TO HOLE #2 WAS BLENDED AND THE RESULTING REWORK WAS LEFT AS-IS, HOLE #3 WAS REAMED TO SECOND OVERSIZE, THE AFFECTING COUNTERSINKS WERE LOCALLY REWORKED AND OVERSIZE FASTENERS WERE INSTALLED ACCORDINGLY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVE DAMAGED AREA AND INSTALL REPAIRS PER ER/A 584900-14AD. (LP 1788131)