Service difficulty report · Prop Brake · Aerosp ATR72212A

Difficulty date
September 6, 2002
Submitted
September 24, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N538AT
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212A
Aircraft serial
538
Part
Prop Brake
Part number
FE2016002
Part serial
014
Condition
Fire
Location
Propeller
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS AT THE GATE AND THE CREW HAD THE RT ENGINE IN MODE, THE READY LIGHT FOR THE PROP BRAKE WAS ON. THE CREW NOTED THAT THE PROP STARTED TO ROTATE. THEY THEN GOT THE PROP BRAKE CWP LIGHT AND THE E2 FIRE LIGHT. THEY USED THE FIRE BOTTLES, BOTH SHOTS AND THE RAMP CREW SAW FLAMES ON THE ENGINE AND THEY USED THE GROUND DRY CHEM-FIRE EXT ON THE ENGINE, INTO THE INLET AND THE TAIL PIPE. PAX WERE DEPLANED WITH NO INCEDENTS NOTED. REPLACED RT ENGINE AND REMOVED AND DEACTIVATED PROP BRAKE PER EO.

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