Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
September 29, 2017
Submitted
October 3, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111GJ
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500187
Aircraft time
9,696 hours, 7,650 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Part number
NAS161216
Condition
Failed
Location
Pump Filter
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, K
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

LOW BRAKE PRESSURE WARNING ILLUMINATED DURING TAXI, RETURNED TO GATE AND SHUT DOWN WITH NO DIFFICULTIES. PILOT NOTICED FLUID ON THE GROUND UNDER NOSE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE BRAKE PRESSURE PUMP. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND AN O RING BLOWN OUT AT BRAKE PUMP FILTER HOUSING, A NEW O-RING AND FILTER WERE INSTALLED, BRAKES BLED AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED OK.

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