Service difficulty report · Brake · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
October 4, 2004
Submitted
October 4, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22649
Aircraft time
65,332 hours, 53,441 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Brake
Condition
Seized
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ABORTED TAKEOFF, FLT 0109, ON TAKEOFF, EN ROUTE WHEN APPROACHING V1 THE AIRCRAFT NOSE STARTED TO ROTATE ON ITS OWN, LOWERED NOSE AND REJECTED TAKEOFF AT 138 KTS. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM TEST, ALL TRIM INDICATIONS AGREE WITH (B) DIMENSION THROUGH FULL RANGE OF TRAVEL, NO AERODYNAMIC REASON TO EXPLAIN EARLY ROTATION. NR 3 AND 4 BRAKES SEIZED AND FUSE PLUGS BLOWN ON BOTH TIRES DUE TO REJECTED TAKEOFF. REPLACED NR 3 AND 4 WHEEL/TIRE, AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES IAW T/C R4M32013 AND R4M32014. AS A PRECAUTION, REPLACED NR 1 AND 2 WHEEL/TIRE, AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES IAW T/C R4M32013 AND R4M32014.