Service difficulty report · Brake · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 25, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
60,637 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Brake
Condition
Overheated
Location
Nr 3
Part time
12,681 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) TAKEOFF WAS REJECTED SHORTLY AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKES WHEN FLIGHT CREW WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TOWER OF SPARKS COMING FROM THE RIGHT BRAKES. A NEARBY AIRPORT VEHICLE REPORTED BRAKES GLOWING RED, EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE REQUESTED. ON SCENE, FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED BRAKE TEMPERATURE AT AROUND 185 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND SPAYED FOAM ON UNITS. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE ACFT HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES IN THE PAST, SOME COMPONENTS OF THE BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WERE TWISTED, PARKING BRAKE CABLE TENSION WAS LOW AND THE ACFT WAS PULLING TOWARD THE LT DURING TAXI. BOTH BRAKE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED, PARKING BRAKE CABLES ADJUSTED, NOSE WHEEL STEERING ADJUSTED AND BRAKE SYSTEM TESTED SERVICEABLE. RIGHT OTBD, NR 4, BRAKE ASSY 2-1466-5 SN 3477P, CSN 40975, TSN 40861 AND TSO 1999.