What was found
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WAS REMOVED TO REPACK BEARINGS AND THE MIDDLE BRAKE DISC WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED BRAKE ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- May 15, 2008
- Submitted
- May 22, 2008
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- 5APR577Y
Atlas Aircraft Center Inc - Aircraft
- N729AF
- Make and model
- Pilats PC1247
- Aircraft serial
- 729
- Aircraft time
- 1,566 hours, 1,373 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A67B
- Engine time
- 1,566 hours, 1,373 cycles
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE4A3D
- System (JASC)
- 3242 · Brake
- Part
- Brake Disc
- Part number
- 244755
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Rt Mlg
- Part time
- 1,566 hours, 1,373 cycles
- Component
- Brake Assembly · Bfgoodrich
- Component part number
- 216741
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.