Service difficulty report · Shaft · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
August 16, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
19,463 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Shaft
Condition
Sheared
Location
Master Cylinder
Component
Master Cylinder
Component part number
26820011
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) ON LANDING AND TAXIING TO MX BASE, PILOT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, AND FOUND THAT THEY HAD FAILED. FOUND THAT THE SHAFT OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAD SHEARED. THERE WAS NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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