Service difficulty report · Valve · Dhav DHC8315

Difficulty date
August 9, 2023
Submitted
August 10, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8315
Aircraft serial
489
Aircraft time
23,402 hours, 47,030 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
58570
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Zone 200
Part time
23,402 hours, 47,030 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

WITH #2 ENGINE RUNNING, PARKING BRAKE SET, WHILE STARING #1 ENGINE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD MAKING CONTACT WITH GSE (TUG) ATTACHED TO STARTING POWER UNIT. AFTER COMPLETING FUNCTION CHECK WITH SYSTEM PRESSURE AT 3000PSI PRESSURE AT THE BRAKE UNIT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1750PSI., MIN PRESSURE TO PASS CHECK IS 2000PSI. CHECK WAS CONDUCTED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH SAME RESULTS, RECOMMENDATION TO REPLACE VALVE ASSY., BRAKE STANDBY. MILITARY AIRCRAFT