Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Beech C99

Difficulty date
December 27, 2017
Submitted
January 3, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N107SX
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U176
Aircraft time
29,092 hours, 37,304 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Part number
MS28775013
Condition
Failed
Location
Brake System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE PILOT WAS IN CRUISE TO KSLC WHEN HE DISCOVERED HIS RT BRAKE PEDAL COULD NOT BUILD PRESSURE TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE PILOT INFORMED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NO RIGHT BRAKING POWER IN KSLC. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO PARKING MAKING ALL LT TURNS. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RT NR 3 AND NR 4 BRAKES FOR DEFECTS AND FOUND A LEAK TO BE FROM A SHARED MANIFOLD FITTING O-RING, BETWEEN THE BRAKE HOUSINGS. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH O-RINGS GOING TO EACH RESPECTIVE BRAKE HOUSING AND SERVICED AND BLED THE RT BRAKE SYSTEM. OPERATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NORMAL AND NO LEAKS WERE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED SERVICE AND NO SUBSEQUENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

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