Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
October 22, 2010
Submitted
October 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N827AA
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
298
Aircraft time
18,547 hours, 14,821 cycles
Engine
Ge CF7002D2
Part
Control Cable
Part number
MY2079450
Part serial
3349
Condition
Broken
Location
Brake Distribute
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

UPON LANDING, BRAKES WERE NORMAL UNTIL TAXI INTO THE RAMP WHEN BRAKES FAILED IN ALL MODES, PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND EMERGENCY. SHUTDOWN ENGINES AND ROLLED TO A STOP. ACFT WAS CHOCKED. MX WAS SENT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE DISTRIBUTOR TELEFORCE CONTROL CABLE WAS BROKEN LEAVING THE BRAKE DISTRIBUTOR IN AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION THUS CAUSING COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKE SYS. THE TELEFORCE CABLE WAS REPLACED IAW THE MM 32-40-20. THE BRAKE EXCITATION SYS WAS ALSO SERVICED IAW MM 32-00. OPS CHECK OF THE BRAKE SYS WAS GOOD AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.