Service difficulty report · Warning Horn · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
September 18, 2015
Submitted
September 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N430QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4163
Aircraft time
20,225 hours, 21,708 cycles
Part
Warning Horn
Condition
False Activation
Location
Parking Brake
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON INITIAL TAKEOFF, THE TAKEOFF WARNING HORN SOUNDED WITH THE PARK BRAKE OFF, THE PARK BRAKE CAUTION LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED UNDER 20 KTS. RETURNED TO GATE. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF THE TAKEOFF WARNING SYSTEM. SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY AT THIS TIME WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AFTER TALKING WITH THE CAPTAIN IT WAS DETERMINED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS RELEASED TO LIGHTLY UPON POWERING UP FOR TAKEOFF NOT ALLOWING THE CAUTION LIGHT SUFFICIENT TIME TO EXTINGUISH CAUSING THE WARNING HORN TO SOUND. PARKING BRAKE OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD AND WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE REPORTED HORN BY LIGHTLY RELEASING THE BRAKE AND NOT WAITING FOR LIGHT TO EXTINGUISH BEFORE ADVANCING THROTTLES. ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTION NORMALLY IAW AMM TASK 31-52-00-710-801. RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO PARTS REPLACED.