737's engine mounted on wrong wing!

[Browntothebone]

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=614336

 

[habubuaza]

That's weird.

 

[XJTAv8r]

That's weird.

Sweet avatar! imp:

 

[V1rowt8]

Sweet avatar! imp:

Hows that dang PBS? Hope the company fixes it, yeah right.

 

[XJTAv8r]

Hows that dang PBS? Hope the company fixes it, yeah right.

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath, however I've heard that PBS works ok at other airlines because they have good work rules surrounding it. Our PBS' "work rules" are the FARs

 

[Flying the Line]

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[aa73]

I fail to see the discrepancy....

 

[RedBelly]

Look at the engine nacelles... the horizontal fin that you see is supposed to be on the inside of the engine:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Globus/Boeing-737-42C/1558264/&sid=097039b5d57890b55774662900121bc4

 

[aa73]

I'm willing to bet the engines are interchangeable between wings.

 

[tyuwerty]

Engines are interchangeable. The nacelles are not supposed to be able to do that though.

 

[glasspilot]

I'd believe photoshop before I believe some wrench banged the wrong nacelle on the right side.

 

[wrightflyer]

Which wing should they be mounted on? Yes their upside down and pretty sure it's photoshop.

 

[Captzaahlie]

at least they remembered to put an engine back on...

 

[deadstick]

I'd believe photoshop before I believe some wrench banged the wrong nacelle on the right side.

Not so lucky.

Here is another pic, same plane, later the same month.

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=637729

 

[m80drvr]

That exact thing is a preflight item on the bus. 319 or 320 I can't remember which.

 

[RedBelly]

From airliners.net:

January 27, 2007: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aero...1172045/&sid=e5d7ec1bc036df0d98e8a85916f16bec

April 22, 2007 Sporting a new paint scheme: http://www.airliners.net/photo/JAT-...1221168/&sid=e5d7ec1bc036df0d98e8a85916f16bec

April 30, 2007: http://www.airliners.net/photo/JAT-...1341257/&sid=aff02d45d246f5e283d4dcf1ab011e27

May 19, 2007: http://www.airliners.net/photo/JAT-...1274419/&sid=aff02d45d246f5e283d4dcf1ab011e27

Either someone has gone through a lot of effort to photoshop multiple pictures, or it is possible to put the nacelle on the wrong side. If it did happen, it looks like it may have something to do with the new paint scheme.

As a Mythbusters fan, I would call this one "plausible".

 

[aa73]

My point is, I bet the nacelles are interchangeable. How much difference does a little itty bitty vortex generator make anyway? On the 767 they are on both sides of the nacelle.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

We had a 767 come out of HMV a while back.... the FO was doing the walk around and noticed that something didn't look quite right about the engines... turns out they strapped a wrong engine type for that ship on one of the wings. We have 3 different engine possibilities for the 767-300s...

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

My point is, I bet the nacelles are interchangeable. How much difference does a little itty bitty vortex generator make anyway? On the 767 they are on both sides of the nacelle.

Apparently enough that Boeing puts a placard on the engine that says something to the effect that the vane must go on the inside.

 

[overseas boy]

Same reg in 2009

http://www.airliners.net/photo/JAT-...1524184/&sid=eafcc70436e8f753b298fec72ff6b72f

apparently they fixed it