Service difficulty report · Axle · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 19, 2011
Submitted
May 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25157
Aircraft time
65,071 hours, 23,978 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Axle
Condition
Chipped
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RT NOSE TIRE OUTER AXLE BEARING SURFACE IS CHIPPED 1-16 WIDE BY 3-8 LONG. REPLACED NLG AXLE. REPLACED NR 1 AFT BRAKE ASSY. FOUND RT NOSE TIRE WITH BROKEN TREAD CORD. REPLACED NR 1 AFT MLG TIRE. REPLACED BOTH NOSE TIRES PER MM.