Crj-700 flight crew reported they received a brake overheat warning on climbout. After troubleshooti...

Narrative:

At 17;000 feet we got a brake overheat warning message. At the same time; ATC cleared us to climb to FL300. The captain pulled out the QRH and ran the procedure. When it asked us to lower the landing gear; the captain decided to hold off on lowering the landing gear due to the fact that we were in icing conditions. At this point he read the rest of the checklist and noted that the brake temp was fluctuating between 7 and -1 and leveled at 1. The captain pressed the brake overheat warning reset; the indications went away and did not return. At this point we were at FL300 and the captain contacted maintenance and dispatch. When the checklist was first read we thought that we needed to divert. At this point the captain told ATC that we wanted to divert to ZZZ; and declared an emergency. He re-read the check list and noticed that it did not state to 'land at the nearest suitable airport' but just ended. So the captain called ATC and took back the emergency call as well as the diversion; and we continued to destination with no event. The divert call and the take back call was less than 5 minutes. The threats were icing conditions; the brake overheat warning; and communication with maintenance and dispatch. The error was miss reading the QRH. I should have been more engaged in the decision process and look over QRH procedure when I have time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 flight crew reported they received a brake overheat warning on climbout. After troubleshooting the decision was made to continue to destination.

Narrative: At 17;000 feet we got a brake overheat warning message. At the same time; ATC cleared us to climb to FL300. The captain pulled out the QRH and ran the procedure. When it asked us to lower the landing gear; the captain decided to hold off on lowering the landing gear due to the fact that we were in icing conditions. At this point he read the rest of the checklist and noted that the brake temp was fluctuating between 7 and -1 and leveled at 1. The captain pressed the brake overheat warning reset; the indications went away and did not return. At this point we were at FL300 and the captain contacted maintenance and dispatch. When the checklist was first read we thought that we needed to divert. At this point the captain told ATC that we wanted to divert to ZZZ; and declared an emergency. He re-read the check list and noticed that it did not state to 'land at the nearest suitable airport' but just ended. So the captain called ATC and took back the emergency call as well as the diversion; and we continued to destination with no event. The divert call and the take back call was less than 5 minutes. The threats were icing conditions; the brake overheat warning; and communication with maintenance and dispatch. The error was miss reading the QRH. I should have been more engaged in the decision process and look over QRH procedure when I have time.

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Attributes
ACN	1217810
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Crj-700 flight crew reported they received a brake overheat warning on climbout. After troubleshooting the decision was made to continue to destination.