Service difficulty report · Brake · Dorner DO228202

Difficulty date
April 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dorner DO228202
Engine
Garrtt TPE3315
Part
Brake
Part number
623A000005
Condition
Not Releasing
Location
Wing Tip Brake
Component
Dorner
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN)PART HAD RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED. INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS OF FLAP CURRENT LIMITER BLOWING FOUND THAT THE ELECTRIC BRAKE ON THE WING TIP BRAKE (SYMNETRY UNIT) WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE UP TO 4 SECONDS TO RELE ASE AFTER THE INITIAL CLICK OF SOLENOID. TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE. THE COLDER THE UNIT THE LONGER THE BRAKE WOULD TAKE TO RELEASE. THUS WHEN BRAKE WOULD NOT RELEASE THE MOTOR WOULD DRAW LOTS OF CURRENT AND BLOWING THE LIMITER.