Service difficulty report · Brake · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 17, 2007
Submitted
December 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N470LX
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK478
Aircraft time
1,118 hours, 995 cycles
Part
Brake
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

ON LANDING CREW REPORTED NO BRAKES UNTIL (2) OR (3) TIMES NORMAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDDALS THEN THE BRAKES GRAB EXTREAMLY HARD. MAINTENANCE BLED THE SYSTEM AND TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS NOTED.

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