Service difficulty report · Metering Unit · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
July 12, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N424JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3033
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Metering Unit
Part number
AC69963
Condition
Failed
Location
Brake Syst
Part time
7,261 hours
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES WERE PULSATING AND WOULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT ADEQUATELY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE BRAKE METERING UNIT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DORNIER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-42-04. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETUNED TO SERVICE.