Service difficulty report · Brake · Boeing 767424ER

Difficulty date
August 10, 2011
Submitted
September 2, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N59053
Make and model
Boeing 767424ER
Aircraft serial
29448
System (JASC)
3242 · Brake
Part
Brake
Condition
Fractured
Location
Nr 7
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
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

AFTER ACFT DEPARTURE, THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY FOUND SEVERAL BRAKE DEBRIS ON THE INNER TAXIWAY NEAR THE POSITION 17. THE DEBRIS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO OUR LINE MX PERSONNEL, AND HAVE MX STORE. FOLLOWING THIS QUICK INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT THE BRAKE DISK AND PISTON DEBRIS FOUND ON THE TAXIWAY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE DISK INSPECTED ON THE SPARE BRAKE. FURTHER TO THIS RESULT, MX HAS BEEN INFORMED AND PICTURES OF THE DEBRIS SENT TO THEM FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION. THE ACFT HAD BEEN INSPECTED BEFORE FLIGHT AND ETOPS PRE-DEPARTURE CHECK PERFORMED. DURING THE INSP/CK NO REMARKS OR DISCREPANCIES HAD BEEN REPORTED. AFTER ACFT ARRIVAL, MX CONFIRMED THAT THE AFT INNER BRAKE (NR 7) WAS DAMAGED AND THAT THE DEBRIS FOUND WERE COMING FROM THAT BRAKE.