Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC863

Difficulty date
October 16, 2002
Submitted
October 18, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N345JW
Make and model
Doug DC863
Aircraft serial
46042
Aircraft time
76,854 hours, 25,713 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
305323001
Part serial
66X0438C1
Condition
Frozen
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON PUSH BACK (SAP), BRAKES DID NOT RELEASE. UNABLE TO MOVE AIRCRAFT UNDER NORMAL POWER. RETURNED TO BLOCK. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND SYSTEM TEST FOUND BAD DUAL PWR.BRAKE VALVE. REPLACED VALVE. REPLACED AS PRECAUTIONARY MEANS BOTH THE LT MLG SHUTTLE VALVE, AND LT BRAKE CONTROL VALVE. PREFORMED SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST, ANTI SKID FUNCTIONAL TEST, AIRCRAFT TAXIED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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