Emergency declared landing after loss of normal braking.

Attributes
ACN	297507
Time
Date	199502
Day	Sat
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lrn
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lrn
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Shorts SD-360
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 2000
ASRS Report	297507
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On a visual landing, right downwind for runway 11, we discovered that neither captain or first officer brakes worked on our shorts 360 aircraft. The malfunction was noticed during normal landing checklists. We climbed to 3000 ft MSL and held over the airport. Completed malfunction checklists. Requested crash fire rescue equipment equipment to standby, and made an uneventful landing on the emergency brake system. The problem was a faulty brake control unit. Since we had full hydraulic system pressure we had unlimited brake application, on emergency brakes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMER DECLARED LNDG AFTER LOSS OF NORMAL BRAKING.

Narrative: ON A VISUAL LNDG, R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 11, WE DISCOVERED THAT NEITHER CAPT OR FO BRAKES WORKED ON OUR SHORTS 360 ACFT. THE MALFUNCTION WAS NOTICED DURING NORMAL LNDG CHKLISTS. WE CLBED TO 3000 FT MSL AND HELD OVER THE ARPT. COMPLETED MALFUNCTION CHKLISTS. REQUESTED CFR EQUIP TO STANDBY, AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG ON THE EMER BRAKE SYS. THE PROB WAS A FAULTY BRAKE CTL UNIT. SINCE WE HAD FULL HYD SYS PRESSURE WE HAD UNLIMITED BRAKE APPLICATION, ON EMER BRAKES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.