Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
May 5, 2004
Submitted
May 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N317CS
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5501019
Engine
Pwa PW530A
Part
Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Brake System
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

WHEN LANDING, THERE WAS A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER ON THE LT BRAKE, COPILOTS SIDE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE WALL. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED HIS BRAKE WAS 2-3 INCHES FORWARD OF RT BRAKE PEDAL. SUSPECTED AIR STILL IN BRAKE LINES AND OR COMPONENTS. BRAKES WERE BLED AGAIN.

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