Service difficulty report · Brake · Aerosp ATR42500

Difficulty date
August 7, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42500
Engine
Pwa PW127
Part
Brake
Condition
Burned
Location
Propeller
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, K
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, THE ALARM, PROPELLER BRAKE UNLOCK, FLASHED ONE TIME, AFTER LANDING DURING TAXIING A THICK WHITE SMOKE FROM THE FRONT OF RT ENGINE WAS OBSERVED, PROPELLER BREAKS WERE NOT ENGAGED. AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN CUSTOMER WITNESSED A LOT OF HYD FLUID ON THE RT WING, ENGINE NACELLE AND FUSELAGE, ALSO THE PROPELLER BRAKE WAS BURNED AND THE PROPELLER VERY HARD TO TURN BY HAND WITH THE PROPELLER BRAKE SWITCH ON OFF POSITION.

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