Service difficulty report · Brake Disc · Beech A100

Difficulty date
April 25, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
13,257 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
Part
Brake Disc
Part number
RFS151
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Part time
800 hours
Stage of operation
LD
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

(CAN) FOLLOWING ROUTINE FLIGHT, THE CREW WAS PUSHING THE ACFT INTO THE HANGAR AND NOTICED THE NR 3 TIRE WAS SKIDDED AND SUBSEQUENTLY FLAT. WHEN MAINTENANCE WENT TO CHANGE THE TIRE THEY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE DISC HAD ACTUALLY BROKEN INTO 4 PIECES JAMMED UP AGAINST THE CALIPER AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CALIPER ITSELF. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE DISK REVEALED THAT THE DISK HAD SEVERAL CRACKS IN IT STARTING FROM EVERY EXPANSION HOLE AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DISK (I HAVE SEEN MANY CRACK IN DISKS BEFORE BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT. THE NR 3 CALIPER AND WHEEL ASSY WERE REPLACED AND A BRAKE JOB WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE REST OF THE ACFT PRIOR TO RELEASING IT BACK TO SERVICE. SUB STANDARD PARTS ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS OCCURRENCE.

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