Service difficulty report · Rod · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
September 9, 2011
Submitted
October 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25367
Aircraft time
74,237 hours, 21,620 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Rod
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Nlg Door
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

RIGHT FORWARD NOSE GEAR DOOR ACTUATING LINK HAS A KINK. REPLACED RT FWD ROD ASSY PER MM ON NOSE GEAR DOOR. ACP NOSE GEAR DOOR ADJUSTMENT TEST PER MM. ACP RETRACT NOSE GEAR, FOUND TO BE OK PER MM. ACCOMPLISHED METHOD 1 INSPECTION OF RT FWD NOSE GEAR DOOR ROD.