Service difficulty report · Brake · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
July 23, 2017
Submitted
July 26, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N685DA
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
27588
Aircraft time
75,838 hours, 30,168 cycles
System (JASC)
3242 · Brake
Part
Brake
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SHIP 685 AFTER LANDING WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WERE LEAKING FLUID AND THAT LITTLE PUFFS OF GREY SMOKE WAS COMING FROM NEAR OUR LEFT BRAKES. ALL BRAKES WERE 3 OR LESS AND HYDRAULIC LOOKED NORMAL. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT CAME OUT AND SAW A LEAK AND SOME SMOKE. THE PLANE WAS THEN TOPWED TO THE GATE. CONFIRMED WITH FLIGHT AND CABIN CREW NO ODORS PRESENT. FOUND NR 2 BRAKE LEAKING. REMOVED BRAKE AND TIRE. CLEANED AREA OF RESIDUAL FLUID. INSTALLED BRAKE PER AMM 32-41-10. REPLACED TIRE PRECAUTIONARY. INSTALLED WHEEL PER AMM 32-45-01. LEAK CK GOOD. RESERVICED HYD.