Service difficulty report · Wheel · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
May 11, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Part
Wheel
Part number
415117
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Part time
16,514 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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, EXPERIENCED BRAKE SEIZURE. BRAKE UNITS WERE ORIGINAL FIT UNITS FROM DELIVERY. 415-117-1, FOUND ALL WHEEL HUB SPOKES FULLY FRACTURED, ALLOWED WHEEL AND TIRE SEPARATED FROM HUB DAMAGING THE BRAKE UNIT, LIKELY CAUSED THE WHEEL/BRAKE LOCK UP. MAINTENANCE FOUND MAIN WHEEL HUB ASSY SEPARATED/DAMAGED FROM MAIN WHEEL P/N BOTH BRAKE UNITS REPLACED AND AND BOTH WHEEL REPLACED, BRAKE UNIT FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT AND A/C RTS (TC# 20190516025)