SDR 95ZZZX828

Service difficulty report · Brake · Gulstm AA5B

Difficulty date
February 9, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N81286
Make and model
Gulstm AA5B
Aircraft serial
AA5B0484
Part
Brake
Condition
Iced Up
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
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

AIRCRAFT TT 1,565.7. ON LANDING, FAILED TO KEEP ACFT ON RUNWAY AND ACFT WENT OFF RUNWAY INTO SNOW BANK DAMAGING LOWER ENGINE COWL AND WHEEL FAIRINGS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND MAIN WHEEL FAIRINGS FULL OF COMPACTED SNOW. ACFT WAS THEN BROUGHT TO A HANGAR AND SNOW WAS MELTED OFF AND WHEEL PANTS REMOVED. FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF BRAKES AFTER THIS WAS PERFORMED AND BRAKE OPERATION WAS FOUND SATISFACTORY. THE COLLECTION OF SNOW IN WHEEL FAIRINGS MELTED ON BRAKE PADS AND DISC AFTER TAKEOFF, THEN FROZE, CAUSING INEFFECTIVE BRAKES UPON NEXT LANDING.