Service difficulty report · Reservoir · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
June 14, 2016
Submitted
June 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4243
Aircraft time
16,089 hours, 17,168 cycles
Part
Reservoir
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
LD
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

BRAKES SOFT AND LESS EFFECTIVE THAN NORMAL. PERFORMED GVI OF MLG BRAKES AND BRAKE LINES OF NR 1 AND NR 2. NO DEFECTS NOTED. BRAKE PINS APPEARED NORMAL, BLED NR 1 AND NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS RESERVOIR, REF AMM TASKS 29-10-00-870-801/802. TAXIED ACFT OPERATED MLG BRAKES IN SEVERAL INTERVALS. MLG BRAKES OPERATED NORMALLY. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. C/W MQAR DOWNLOAD, REF MCN NR 64602-14.