Brake fire on the ground at dfw.

Attributes
ACN	306190
Time
Date	199505
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fw airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1300
ASRS Report	306190
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Brake temperature light came on. Discovered 3 hot brakes. Stopped aircraft on parallel taxiway to runway 18L. Shut down engines, called for firefighting equipment. Fire broke out on #7 brake and was quickly put out by firefighters. Did not evacuate/evacuation aircraft per crash fire rescue equipment recommendation. Suspect a dragging brake was cause. Recommend checking brake temperatures before takeoff every flight. Had this happened after a shorter taxi and subsequent takeoff, a fire safely extinguished on the ground could have become an in-flight disaster. Proper procedure should also be co-located with other emergency/abnormal procedures in pilot operations manual. There was no procedure in any of our manuals to cover this situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BRAKE FIRE ON THE GND AT DFW.

Narrative: BRAKE TEMP LIGHT CAME ON. DISCOVERED 3 HOT BRAKES. STOPPED ACFT ON PARALLEL TXWY TO RWY 18L. SHUT DOWN ENGS, CALLED FOR FIREFIGHTING EQUIP. FIRE BROKE OUT ON #7 BRAKE AND WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT BY FIREFIGHTERS. DID NOT EVAC ACFT PER CFR RECOMMENDATION. SUSPECT A DRAGGING BRAKE WAS CAUSE. RECOMMEND CHKING BRAKE TEMPS BEFORE TKOF EVERY FLT. HAD THIS HAPPENED AFTER A SHORTER TAXI AND SUBSEQUENT TKOF, A FIRE SAFELY EXTINGUISHED ON THE GND COULD HAVE BECOME AN INFLT DISASTER. PROPER PROC SHOULD ALSO BE CO-LOCATED WITH OTHER EMER/ABNORMAL PROCS IN PLT OPS MANUAL. THERE WAS NO PROC IN ANY OF OUR MANUALS TO COVER THIS SIT.

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.