Service difficulty report · Brake Pads · Piper PA28RT201T

Difficulty date
August 6, 2020
Submitted
August 6, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9145N
Make and model
Piper PA28RT201T
Aircraft serial
N9145N
Aircraft time
2,900 hours
Part
Brake Pads
Condition
Missing
Location
Rt Brake
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

ON LANDING, EXPERIENCED A TOTAL RIGHT BRAKE FAILURE. ON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, OBSERVED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE PAD WAS MISSING. THE LEFT BRAKE PAD WAS NORMAL. PERFROMED A PREFLIGHT AND BOTH BRAKE PADS WERE WITHIN LIMITS. THE FBO CONFIRMED THE MISSING RIGHT BRAKE PAD AND INITIATED REPAIRS. HAD BOTH BRAKE PADS REPLACED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND HAVE FLOW LESS THAN 100 HOURS SINCE THEN.

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