Service difficulty report · Lock · Dhav DHC5A

Difficulty date
April 28, 2007
Submitted
June 7, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC5A
Aircraft time
17,155 hours
Part
Lock
Part number
530425
Condition
Missing
Location
Brake
Component
Brake · Bfgoodrich
Component part number
223372
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE DAILY INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED ON ONE OF THE BRAKE UNITS WEAR INDICATOR PINS WAS NO LONGER PROTRUDING FROM THE BRAKE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LOCKING CLIP FOR THE END OF THE PIN WAS MISSING ALLOWING THE PIN TO SLIDE IN AND OUT OF THE UNIT. THE BRAKE UNIT HAD JUST BEEN RETURNED FROM REPAIR BY CONDOR AVIATION AND INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT 24.3 HOURS BEFORE. THE DEFECTIVE UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE ONE. (TC# 20070503007)