SDR UHLA2014120900848

Service difficulty report · Rod End · Emb ERJ170100SE

Difficulty date: December 9, 2014
Submitted: December 12, 2014
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N634RW
Make and model: Emb ERJ170100SE
Aircraft serial: 17000055
Aircraft time: 28,703 hours, 17,751 cycles
System (JASC): 2920 · Hydraulic System, Auxiliary
Part: Rod End
Condition: Failed
Location: Rat
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, THE RAT WAS DEPLOYED AS A PRECAUTION. DURING DEPLOYMENT, THE RAT DOOR ROD END WASHER LOCKING TAB, LOCK FEATURE FAILED, ALLOWING THE ROD END TO SEPARATE FROM THE RAT DOOR ROD ASSEMBLY. THIS LED TO THE RAT PROPELLER STRIKING THE RAT DOOR. BOTH THE RAT AND THE RAT DOOR WERE THEN REPLACED.

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