Service difficulty report · Brake · Piper PA22150

Difficulty date
February 4, 2012
Submitted
February 8, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
BQVR582C
Richmor Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N50KF
Make and model
Piper PA22150
Aircraft serial
224274
Aircraft time
3,486 hours
Part
Brake
Condition
Locked
Location
Left
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSE OF THE ACFT SUDDENLY LOWERED AND THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. MX ARRIVED AT THE ACFT AND DISCOVERED THE LT BRAKE LOCKED AND THE LT WHEEL UNABLE TO ROLL. THE RT WHEEL WAS FREE TO MOVE. THE LT BRAKE GRADUALLY FREED UP BUT NOT COMPLETELY WITH REPEATED APPLICATION AND RELEASE OF THE BRAKE. THE ACFT HAD BEEN STORED IN AN UNHEATED HANGER THE NIGHT BEFORE. TEMPERATURE APPARENTLY WAS AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. ACFT WAS MOVED INTO A HEATED MX HANGER AND AFTER A WHILE, NORMAL BRAKE RELEASE WAS OBSERVED.

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