Service difficulty report · Valve · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
September 1, 2012
Submitted
September 19, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N724QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
100
Aircraft time
6,231 hours, 3,826 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306A
Part
Valve
Part number
60068837
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Brakes
Part time
1,540 hours, 980 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
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, HAD TO APPLY MUCH MORE FORCE THAN NORMAL TO GET ANY EFFECTIVENESS OUT OF THE BRAKES. SLOWING THROUGH 80 KIAS THE BRAKES GRABBED EXTREMELY HARD, BUT EVENLY. IT GRABBED AND RELEASED AS IF THE ANTI-SKID WAS WORKING, BUT MORE VIOLENTLY. AFTER PARKING THE NR 2 AND NR 4 WHEELS WERE TOO HOT TO TOUCH AND BOTH ASSY WERE SMOKING. PERFORMED THE OPTIONAL BRAKE WEAR INSPECTION AND FOUND ALL BRAKES WITHIN WEAR LIMITS IAW G-200 MM CH 32-40-20. CHECKED POWER BRAKE VALVE, OPS CHK GOOD IAW G200 MM CH 32-40-45. PERFORMED PARKING SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST, VERIFIED PROPER OPERATION OF PARK BRAKE RETURN CHECK VALVE, OPS CHK GOOD IAW MM 32-40-20. REMOVED ALL MLG WHEEL CAPS TO INSPECT ANTISKID TRANSDUCER DRIVE TABS ON HUB CAP. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 AND NR 4 POWER BRAKE ANTI-SKID TRANSDUCERS WITH OVERHAULED UNITS IAW MM. 32-40-35. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK ON ALL FOUR ANTI-SKID TRANSDUCERS IAW MM 32-40-30. FUNCTIONAL CHECKED GOOD.