Service difficulty report · Brake Sys · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
April 24, 2012
Submitted
April 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N766FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0260
Aircraft time
11,598 hours, 19,539 cycles
Part
Brake Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
500 hours, 997 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

AFTER LANDING, DURING TAXI. AS ACFT WAS MAKING A LT TURN OFF OF TAXIWAY, BRAKING SYS BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO LT TURN & RUDDER BRAKE INPUT. WAS ABLE TO GET ACFT STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT BY APPLYING FULL RT BRAKE APPLICATION. ACFT SHUTDOWN. TROUBLESHOT ACFT AND R & R THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS. PILOT'S LT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE LT BRAKE ASSY. MX THOROUGHLY BLED THE BRAKE SYS AND A GROUND OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL WORK COMPLETED IAW MM 32-41-00 AND 32-40-00.

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