Service difficulty report · Brake · Parten P68B

Difficulty date
November 27, 2001
Submitted
January 4, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Parten P68B
Engine
Lyc IO360A1B6
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YK2
Part
Brake
Condition
Missing
Location
Landing Gear Bra
Component
Landing Gear Bra
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
O, C
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(AUS) AIRCRAFT NOSE SPAT AND PITOT TUBE DAMAGE WHEN AIRCRAFT RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE HANGAR WHILE BEING TAXIED FOR REFUELLING. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE PILOT WAS SITTING IN THE RH SEAT AND THAT THE BRAKES HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RH SIDE POSITION. THE REMOVAL OF THE BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN PLACARDED. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR.

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