Service difficulty report · Bushing · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
November 10, 2011
Submitted
December 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N227UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30555
Aircraft time
40,631 hours, 4,948 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Engine time
3,200 hours, 19,975 cycles
Part
Bushing
Condition
Migrated
Location
Engine Mount
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

NR 2 ENG AFT ENGINE MOUNT SHOWS BUSHING MIGRATION AT 3RD BOLT INBD FROM OTBD SIDE, LOWER ROW. SAMC TEXT: WHATEVER HARDWARE IS REMOVED, SEND TO ENG MOUNT SHOP WITH EG-ALERT TAG, FOR FAILURE INVESTIGATION. NEED TO BE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM IS RMV'D. CONTINUE ENG RMVL REF TOD. DISCONNECTS ARE DONE, MOUNT BOLTS NEED TO BE REMOVED. THERE ARE 3 BUSHINGS THAT ARE GALLED AND GOUGED. FROM RT SIDE 1ST SET AFT BUSHING, THEN THE 2ND SET THE FWD AND AFT BUSHINGS. PERFORMED DEPTH MEASUREMENT OF GALLED AND GOUGED AREAS OF BUSHINGS AT TOP OF R AND S FLANGES, AT LEAST .013 IN AND .016 IN. IN DEPTH, BUSHINGS MUST BE REPLACED. AFT UPPER ENG MOUNT FITTING AT SPOT WHERE BUSHING HAS MIGRATED THERE IS EVIDENCE OF CHAFFING WITH INNER LINK. REPLACED AFT LOWER MOUNT ASSY.