Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
April 5, 2007
Submitted
April 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782DH
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21998
Part
Support Fitting
Condition
Corroded
Location
Nlg Trunnion
Part time
61,330 hours, 34,256 cycles
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

NLG RT TRUNNION SUPPORT FITTING LOWER CAP PRESENTS CORROSION. REMOVED CORROSION AT RT TRUNNION BORE ORG DIA 2.488" FINAL DIA 2.587" MAT LOSS WITHIN LIMITS IAW B727 SRM 53-40-1 FIG 2. CHAMFER BORE HOLE TO .6 BY 45 DEGREES IAW B727 SRM 53-40-1 FIG 2, PENETRANT INSPECTED MACHINED SURFACES OF TRUNNION FITTING IAW BOEING MM 20-20-02, NO DEFECTS NOTED. FAB NEW BEARING HALVES FROM P/N AL-NI BRONZE .620,PO NR 7177170 IAW B727 SRM 53-40-1 FIG 2. PENETRANT INSPECTED MACHINED SURFACES OF NEW HALVES IAW BOEING BSOPM 20-20-02, NO DEFECTS NOTED. CAD PLATED OUTER SURFACES OF BEARING IAW FAS FORM FAS 0036 REV. 4. INSTALLED NEW HALVES BEARING AT RT TRUNNION IAW B727 SRM 53-40-1 FIG 2.