Service difficulty report · Rod · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
March 25, 2014
Submitted
March 28, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560UP
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT560
Aircraft time
21,083 hours, 20,598 cycles
Part
Rod
Part number
3272006011
Condition
Broken
Location
Master Cylinder
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

DURING PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKS OF ACFT SYS WHILE TAXIING, PILOT NOTICE THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS SLOW TO RESPOND. ACFT WAS APPROACHING A TURN & PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES, RT BRAKE PEDAL BROKE & PILOT FOOT SLIPPED WHICH RESULTED IN PILOT VEERING OFF TAXIWAY INTO UNPAVED FIELD AREA ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY & SHUTTING DOWN ENG. THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO PROPELLER. INSPECTED ACFT & DETERMINE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ROD BROKE ALSO LT ENG SUSTAINED A PROPELLER STRIKE. IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING & REPLACING LT ENG, LT ENG PROPELLER & PILOT RT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ROD.