Service difficulty report · Brake Pads · Grob G120A

Difficulty date
October 13, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Grob G120A
Aircraft time
1,711 hours
Engine
Lyc AEIO540D4D5
Propeller
Hartzl HCC3YR
Part
Brake Pads
Part number
06610600
Condition
Mismarked
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ACFT WAS IN FOR 100 HR CHECK. THE BRAKE LININGS WERE BEING REPLACED. MX RECEIVED NEW LININGS. AFTER INSTALLATION THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. BRAKE LININGS WERE REMOVED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT 1 LINING WAS OF A DIFFERENT SIZE THAN THE OTHERS, BUT WAS STAMPED WITH THE CORRECT P/N AND HAD COME OUT OF THE SAME BOX AS ALL THE OTHER LININGS THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED. THE LINING WAS REPLACED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE MISSIZED LINING QUARANTINED.

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