Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 26, 2012
Submitted
January 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N210UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30216
Aircraft time
42,698 hours, 9,337 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
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

NOSE GEAR STRUT CYLINDER AND TOW BAR CONNECT FITTING DAMAGE BY BROKEN TOW BAR HIT. FOLLOWED ECRA3221-01129.