Service difficulty report · Wheel · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
August 9, 2006
Submitted
August 11, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
TL9R551N
Safran Landing Systems Wheel & Brake Services, LLC
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Part
Wheel
Part number
26123111
Part serial
B2958
Condition
Fractured
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

OPERATOR STATES THAT SMOKE WAS REPORTED COMING FROM A WHEEL/BRAKE ASSEMBLY. TECHNICIANS DISCOVERED THAT THE HUB ON THE IB WHEEL HAD A COMPLETE CRCUMFERENTIAL FRACTURE. THE COMPLETE WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS BEING SENT TO HONEYWELL IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR EVALUATION.