Service difficulty report · Quick Disconnect · Bombdr BD7001A10

Difficulty date
May 9, 2021
Submitted
May 12, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N88D
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A10
Aircraft serial
9310
Aircraft time
4,627 hours, 1,686 cycles
Part
Quick Disconnect
Part number
1540606AE17
Part serial
6021
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Brake Line
Part time
4,447 hours, 1,624 cycles
Component
Brake · Bfgoodrich
Component part number
216082
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RELEASED PARKING BRAKE TO TAXI ONTO RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT NEEDED MORE POWER THAN USUAL TO START TAXI. HALFWAY THROUGH TURN ONTO RUNWAY, LOUD BANG WAS HEARD BY CREW, THEN AIRCRAFT ROLLED EASIER. CREW REQUESTED TAXI FROM ACTIVE, THEN RETURN TO RAMP. AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN INBOARD TIRE WAS FOUND BLOWN, AND THE RIGHT INBOARD BRAKE LINE WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE BRAKE BODY AT THE QUICK DISCONNECT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINE QUICK DISCONNECT FAILED AND POPPED OFF WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS SET, CAUSING THE BRAKE TO LOCK WITH NO MEANS TO UNLOCK.