Service difficulty report · Disk · Fokker F27MK50

Difficulty date
July 26, 2001
Submitted
August 7, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Fokker F27MK50
Engine
Pwa PW125B
Propeller
Rotol R3526123F1
System (JASC)
3242 · Brake
Part
Disk
Part number
5008744
Condition
Cracked
Location
Brake
Component
Brake · 50079961
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

(AUS) BRAKE ROTATING DISC FAILED. A PART OF THE FAILED DISC PUNCTURED THE WHEEL INNER HALF AND DEFLATED THE TUBE. INVESTIGATION FOUND NO DISCOLOURATION BUT FOUND THAT THE SLOTS HAD SPREAD FLATTENING THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE BETWEEN THE DRIVE RECESSES. THE THREE ROTATING DISCS ON THE BRAKE UNIT HAD CRACKS EMINATING FROM THEEXPANSION SLOTS.