Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
September 5, 2019
Submitted
September 7, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1115M
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0356
Aircraft time
22,261 hours, 28,590 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
System (JASC)
3242 · Brake
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Worn
Location
Zone 700
Component
Brake Caliper · Parkerhanfin
Component part number
03018200
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FROM PILOT IRREGULARITY REPORT: "1115M HAD A LEFT BRAKE FAILURE AFTER LANDING RWY 19R. AS I WAS TAXING DOWN C I WAS USING A COMBINATION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE AND PROP REVERSE TO SLOW DOWN. EVERY TIME I CAME OUT OF PROP REVERSE THE PLANE VEERED MORE TO THE RIGHT WITH NO WAY TO CORRECT BACK LEFT. BY THE TIME I WAS AT THE END OF TAXIWAY C I HAD TO TURN LEFT ONTO THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT TURN LEFT AND BY TRYING TO STOP THE PLANE INSTEAD VEERED RIGHT, TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY A AND ROLLED PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 19R. I STOPPED THE PLANE BUT THE NOSE WAS PASSED THE LINE AND HAD TO SHUT DOWN AND WAIT FOR A TUG TO TAKE ME TO THE RAMP."

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