- Difficulty date
- June 6, 2011
- Submitted
- June 8, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N595UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 28748
- Aircraft time
- 52,284 hours, 14,583 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Check Valve
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Brake System
- 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
BRAKE PRESSURE DECAY. CONDUCTED PARKING BRAKE SYS ADJUSTMENT TEST. ACCUMULATOR BRAKE PRESSURE AFTER 10 MIN DOWN 900 LBS. CHECKED ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE NORMAL. BRAKE PRESSURE DECAY EXCESSIVE. REPLACED ACCUMULATOR AND PARK BRAKE VALVE, NO HELP. REPLACED ACCUMULATOR ISOLATION VALVE PCN 641-1159, NO HELP. REPLACED BRAKE SYS ACCUMULATOR CHECK VALVE. OPS CHECK NORMAL.