Service difficulty report · Nozzle · Boeing 74746NF

Difficulty date
December 28, 2011
Submitted
December 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450PA
Make and model
Boeing 74746NF
Aircraft serial
30808
Aircraft time
48,797 hours, 7,972 cycles
Part
Nozzle
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Engine
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

THERE IS A CRACK ON THE EXHAUST NOZZLE OUTER SLEEVE, BETWEEN THE 10 AND 12 O'CLOCK POSITION (LT SIDE) OF THE NR 3 ENGINE. THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 15 INCHES LONG AND IS 13 INCHES FROM AFT SIDE OF EXHAUST SLEEVE JUST IN FRONT OF NAC STA 349.236. CRACK IS OUT OF LIMITS FOUND IN SRM 54-41-30. (A TIME LIMITED REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW EO 4478A205 FAA 8110-3 DATED 28DEC11, PART 1 WITH A DETAILED REPEAT INSPECTION DUE EVERY 3 FLIGHT CYCLES AS PER PART 2. PERMANENT REPAIR DUE PRIOR TO 50 FLIGHT CYCLES.)

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