Service difficulty report · Brake · Cessna 500CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 500CESSNA
Part
Brake
Condition
Frozen
Location
Rt Main
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE RT MAIN WHEEL SKIDDED AND EVENTUALLY BLEW. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RT BRAKE HAD ICED UP AND SUBSEQUENTLY FROZE UP. THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE HAD SOME SNOW ON THE RUNWAY AND CAUSED THE ICING. AIRCRAFT MOVED TO HANGAR FOR WARMING AND BRAKE FREELY ROTATED.