Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
November 28, 2012
Submitted
December 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N116QS
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK385
Aircraft time
3,952 hours, 3,675 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
42901
Part serial
736
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Anti Skid Sys
Part time
3,952 hours, 3,675 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AFTER LANDING, THE BRAKES APPEARED TO WORK NORMALLY. PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE PEDALS WERE STIFF. IT FELT LIKE THE ANTI-SKID CHECK DURING TAXI OUT. A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE AND THE BRAKES WERE STILL STIFF AND THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. COPILOT TRIED HIS BRAKES WITH THE SAME RESULT. APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO GET THE AIRPLANE STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. PERFORMED BRAKE BLEEDING AND EMERGENCY SYS PURGE IAW MM 32-40-00-201. SERVICED EMERGENCY NITROGEN. IAW MM 12-10-00. PERFORMED WOW SYS AND ANTI-SKID SYS TROUBLESHOOTING WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND. REPLACED ANTI-SKID CONTROL BOX WITH AN INSPECTED UNIT IAW AMM 32-40-00-201. OPS CHECKS GOOD.

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