Service difficulty report · Bearing · Boeing 747409F

Difficulty date
September 5, 2009
Submitted
September 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18716
Make and model
Boeing 747409F
Aircraft serial
33732
Aircraft time
25,054 hours, 2,471 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Migrated
Location
Nlg Door Hinge
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

ACFT WAS FOUND, BEARING MIGRATION AT RT HINGE OF NOSE CARGO DOOR DURING D01 CHECK 2. DUE TO SHORT OF TOOL TO REPAIR, PERIODIC CHECK ON BUSHING FLANGE IS REQUIRED IAW CHI-CHI-09-0301-04B UNTIL DEFECT IS CORRECTED. FIRST PERIODIC CHECK FOUND FUTHER DAMAGE ON RT HINGE. IAW CHI-CHI-09-0310-12B, ACCEPTABLE FOR DISPATCH WITH LIMITED NCD OPERATING. SEP/05/2009 IAW CHI-CHI-09-0301-16B, ACFT WAS GROUNDED FOR FURTHER SURVEY. TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED SURVEY, AND WORKSCOPE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. THE REPAIR WILL BE PERFORMED BY AOG TEAM.