Service difficulty report · Master Cylinder · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
August 12, 2007
Submitted
August 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N371QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600471
Aircraft time
8,070 hours, 6,603 cycles
Part
Master Cylinder
Part number
991205018
Part serial
15331477
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Brakes
Part time
464 hours, 376 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

DURING TAXI BRAKE CHECK, FOUND COPILOT BRAKE PEDALS WERE VERY SPONGY AND THE PEDAL TRAVEL IS 3 TIMES MORE THAN THE CAPTAINS SIDE. THE RIGHT COPILOT PEDAL IS WORSE AND TRAVELS FARTHER. REMOVED AND REPLACED PILOT AND COPILOT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS WITH NEW DUE TO FAIL THE PRESSURE TEST. OPS CHECKED GOOD LEAK CHECKED GOOD, WORK DONE IAW 560 M.M. CHAPTER 32-42-02.