Service difficulty report · Pin · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
June 19, 2014
Submitted
July 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N100WT
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500858
Aircraft time
4,468 hours, 3,797 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Disengaged
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THAT DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING THE ACFT EXPERIENCED POWER BRAKE FAILURE & THE LO BRK PRESS & ANTISKID INOPERATIVE ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED. EMER NITROGEN BRAKE SYS WAS USED TO STOP ON PARKING RAMP. POST FLIGHT CHECKS FOUND HYD FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RT MLG WW AREA. MX VENDOR DISCOVERED THAT THE RT MLG AFT ATTACH TRUNNION PIN WAS NOT ENGAGED INTO MLG TRUNNION, CAUSING THE MLG TO SHIFT, DAMAGING THE BRAKE HYD LINES. THE MX VENDOR REPORTED THAT THE SAFETY BOLT FOR THE TRUNNION PIN WAS STILL SECURELY INSTALLED INTO THE MLG TRUNNION. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT AN OUTSIDE MX VENDOR INADVERTENTLY IMPROPERLY INSTALLED THE TRUNNION PIN AFTER SHIMMING OF THE MLG PREVIOUSLY. INSPECTIONS & REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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