Service difficulty report · Exhaust Pipe · Boeing 7272Q8

Difficulty date
November 24, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831L
Make and model
Boeing 7272Q8
Aircraft serial
21826
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Exhaust Pipe
Part number
38500891
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg Ww
Part time
29,279 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

WHILE PERFORMING A POST-REMOVAL INSPECTION OF A GTCP85-98CK APU EXHAUST PIPE (3850089-1), THREE INCH CRACKS WERE NOTED ON EACH MOUNTING FLANGE (TWO CRACKS TOTAL). CAUSE FOR CRACKS IS UNKNOWN. EXHAUST PIPE WAS MODIFIED BY ALLIED- SIGNAL TO SATISFY REQUIREMENTS OF EO 4-69905-3AD (AD 95-07- 03). THE AD REQUIRED THE INSTALLATION OF AN EXHAUST HUB FOR IMPROVED CONTAINMENT CAPABILITY IN CASE OF T-WHEEL FAILURE. TIME SINCE LAST SVI FOR APU: 813 HOURS. EXHAUST PIPE IS SUBJECT TO REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT BY ALLIEDSIGNAL.

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