Service difficulty report · Master Cylinder · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
August 22, 2011
Submitted
August 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N903FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0003
Aircraft time
9,962 hours, 13,662 cycles
Part
Master Cylinder
Part number
28820011
Part serial
448
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Brakes
Part time
9,962 hours, 13,662 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

PILOT TAXIED, AT HOLD SHORT LINE TO RUNWAY, THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED. PILOT APPLIED FULL RT BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN FULL LT BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS BY PUMPING THE BRAKE. ACFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. MX TROUBLESHOT SYS TO LT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. LT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER R & R IAW MM 32-40-00.

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