Dimbleby
11th Mar 2005, 15:23
Spotted this interesting post on the COPA site.
"Good Afternoon Everyone. My name is Tealeye Cornejo, I am an Air safety Investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. I am looking for information on the 22 brake system and whether or not anyone has run into any problems with the brake system? My contact information is:
Ms. Tealeye Cornejo
Air Safety Investigator
National Transportation Safety Board
Southwest Regional Office
1515 W. 190th Street, Suite 555
Gardena, CA 90248
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: 310-380-5659
I would appreciate any feedback you have for me. An e-mail or phone call would be great. Thank you for your time."
And a reply on the COPA site was;
"You have certainly come to the right place to ask that question! There has been a plethora of brake problems on Cirruses. To name a few of them, chafing and ruptured brake lines, leaking and blown out brake cylinder o-rings, premature wear-out of brake pads and rotors, brake overheating related fires, and brake failure induced landing crashes and rollout incidents.
Very few of these events have been reported to the FAA or NTSB because they did not meet the reporting requirements. They have not been considered "accidents" nor "reportable incidents" per section 830.2 and 830.5 because no one was "seriously" injured, brakes are not considered a flight control system by the participants here, and the damage that occurred generally was below the $25,000 threshold.
You will find that there are very few records available on this site in the public sections, but there are many reports of problems available in the members only sections and message archives. I suggest you contact one of the COPA board members (listed on the COPA web site main page) to gain access to those records."
Interesting ,….. with all the door problems, spin problems, limits to chute deployment, screen failures, now brake problems….why are people buying?
"Good Afternoon Everyone. My name is Tealeye Cornejo, I am an Air safety Investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. I am looking for information on the 22 brake system and whether or not anyone has run into any problems with the brake system? My contact information is:
Ms. Tealeye Cornejo
Air Safety Investigator
National Transportation Safety Board
Southwest Regional Office
1515 W. 190th Street, Suite 555
Gardena, CA 90248
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: 310-380-5659
I would appreciate any feedback you have for me. An e-mail or phone call would be great. Thank you for your time."
And a reply on the COPA site was;
"You have certainly come to the right place to ask that question! There has been a plethora of brake problems on Cirruses. To name a few of them, chafing and ruptured brake lines, leaking and blown out brake cylinder o-rings, premature wear-out of brake pads and rotors, brake overheating related fires, and brake failure induced landing crashes and rollout incidents.
Very few of these events have been reported to the FAA or NTSB because they did not meet the reporting requirements. They have not been considered "accidents" nor "reportable incidents" per section 830.2 and 830.5 because no one was "seriously" injured, brakes are not considered a flight control system by the participants here, and the damage that occurred generally was below the $25,000 threshold.
You will find that there are very few records available on this site in the public sections, but there are many reports of problems available in the members only sections and message archives. I suggest you contact one of the COPA board members (listed on the COPA web site main page) to gain access to those records."
Interesting ,….. with all the door problems, spin problems, limits to chute deployment, screen failures, now brake problems….why are people buying?