Service difficulty report · Linkage · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 13, 2011
Submitted
January 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25393
Aircraft time
81,306 hours, 13,088 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Linkage
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Nlg Steering
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

ON WALKAROUND FOUND STEERING LINK AT NLG WITH ONE BOLT LOOSE AND THE OTHER ONE NOT INSTALLED. REPLACED MISSING BOLT AND CHKD IAW MM, CKD OKAY. BOLT REPLACED IS IAW ECRA3251-01031 INSTALLED SUBSTITUTE BOLT NAS67004U15 AND TWO EXTRA WASHERS CKD OK AS PERMANENT REPAIR.