Narrative:

ATC cleared us for the visual. As we put down the landing gear; two EICAS advisory messages appeared (brk rh fault; brk lh fault). We referenced the QRH; elect [to] go around and went through QRH procedures and brk fail landing checklist. Captain [advised] ATC; briefed the passengers and flight attendants and requested aircraft fire crash rescue to be waiting. ATC cleared us to land and [the] captain configured the airplane for flaps full landing. The plane landed without incident. When we changed to the status page; we noticed that the outer brake temperature were four to five degrees while the inner brakes were in the mid-200s. The conclusion was that the outer brakes had failed. The captain also reported the brakes to be 'spongy'. We taxied to the gate; wrote up the problem and talked to maintenance.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-175 First Officer reported landing safely following EICAS messages for 'BRK RH FAULT' and 'BRK LH FAULT.'

Narrative: ATC cleared us for the visual. As we put down the landing gear; two EICAS advisory messages appeared (BRK RH FAULT; BRK LH FAULT). We referenced the QRH; elect [to] go around and went through QRH procedures and BRK FAIL landing checklist. Captain [advised] ATC; briefed the passengers and flight attendants and requested aircraft fire crash rescue to be waiting. ATC cleared us to land and [the] Captain configured the airplane for flaps full landing. The plane landed without incident. When we changed to the status page; we noticed that the outer brake temperature were four to five degrees while the inner brakes were in the mid-200s. The conclusion was that the outer brakes had failed. The Captain also reported the brakes to be 'spongy'. We taxied to the gate; wrote up the problem and talked to maintenance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.