Service difficulty report · Wheel · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 13, 2017
Submitted
July 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N995DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53362
Aircraft time
66,192 hours, 47,615 cycles
Part
Wheel
Condition
Undertorqued
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING & NORMAL BRAKING, DURING LANDING BOTH BRAKES EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANT SHUDDER DURING STOP ATTEMPTS. AIRPLANE HAD TROUBLE STOPPING DUE TO THE BRAKE CHATTER. BRAKE TEMP AROUND 201 DEG. THIS WAS MORE THAN THE NORMAL BRAKE CHATTER. IT WAS VERY VIOLENT & THE AIRPLANE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP. FOUND THE NR 1, 2 & 4 WHEELS TORQUE LOW. TORQUED ALL MAIN WHEEL.

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