Abstract :
Every transportation must have a braking system that is useful for stopping
or slowing down the transportation. Thrust reverser is one of the components
used for aircraft braking purposes when landing on the runway which can reverse
the direction of the engine thrust to the front of the aircraft. There are reports of
the thrust reverser on the Boeing 737-900 ER having failed to deploy one of the
thrust reversers which could interfere with the landing process.
The method used in this study is an external check on several components
related to the problematic system. External checks are in the form of detailed
visual inspections that are used to determine whether a component has a problem
or not when one of the crew tries to operate the problematic component and the
other crew sees directly the cause of the failure of the system not working.
After troubleshooting the thrust reverser, it was found that the seal inside
the Upper Locking Hydraulic Actuator (ULHA) was damaged. The main factor
causing damage is fatigue in the seal. Fatigue is caused by the use of components
that exceed the required flight hours and are not immediately replaced with new
components. Excessive use is the cause of damaged components and must be
replaced with new components.