Service difficulty report · Tire · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
March 11, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N223US
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft serial
21665
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
6558256275
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
12,786 hours
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1657 - SHORTLY AFTER T/O FROM EWR, CAPT REPORTED VIBRATION AFTER T/O AND SUSPECTED A BLOWN TIRE. TOWER IN CLT WAS ADVISED AND CRASH TRUCKS SETUP FOR INBOUND FLT. CAPT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. FLT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT, BUT SHEARED OFF THE REST OF THE NR 3 RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE. FLT LOST HYDRAULICS AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GATE. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BLOWN NR 3 MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY. ALSO, REPLACED THE NR 4 MLG TIRE AND WHEEL ASSY. REMOVED AND REPLACED BENT RIGHT MLG UPPER DOWNLOCK STRUT ASSY AND LOWER DOWNLOCK LINK ASSY PER MM 32-11-131. STRAIGHTENED AND ADJUSTED BENT TARGET FOR RIGHT MLG DOWNLOCK SENSOR. REPAIRED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND ANTI-SKID TRANSDUC