Service difficulty report · Wheel · Airbus A330243F

Difficulty date
February 28, 2022
Submitted
March 2, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N335QT
Make and model
Airbus A330243F
Aircraft serial
1534
Aircraft time
28,313 hours, 8,668 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211TRENT77
Engine time
28,149 hours, 8,550 cycles
Part
Wheel
Part number
31596
Part serial
1708
Condition
Deflated
Location
Zone 700
Part time
8,427 hours, 1,925 cycles
Component
Wheel · Lindberg
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TOWING OF THE N335QT AIRCRAFT THE TOW BAR CAME LOOSE AND HIT THE NOSE GEAR AND ITS RIGHT WHEEL.IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRBUS AMM 32-21-00-220-814-A DETAILED INSPECTION OF NLG, SLIDING TUBE, EXTERNAL SURFACE WERE PERFORMED. GVI WAS PERFORMED TO NLG, NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. RH NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WAS FOUND DEFLATED AND BOTH WHEELS WERE REPLACED. NOSE WHEEL INFORMATION: LH WHEEL (PN OFF: 3-1596), (PN ON: 3-1596), (SN OFF: 40113), (SN ON 2296). RH WHEEL (PN OFF: 3-1596), (PN ON: 3-1596), (SN OFF: 1708), (SN ON 42123).

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