Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
July 30, 2014
Submitted
July 30, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N46E
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
452010
Aircraft time
3,002 hours, 1,875 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
429333
Part serial
433
Condition
Damaged
Location
Brake
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR EXTENSION ON APPROACH THE CREW RECEIVED AN ICAS MESSAGE AMBER "OTBD BRAKE FAIL". THEY LANDED WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. IN TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM WE FOUND THE BRAKE CONTROL UNIT HAD FAILED ON THE OTBD SIDE. REPLACED BRAKE CONTROL UNIT AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.