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An A300 pilot landing at an international airport reported a hot brake on taxi in; exacerbated by a brake cooling fan that failed to operate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 843671 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wheels/Tires/Brakes |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
Airbus A300 with #8 brake MEL'ed and deactivated; on landing; weather clear; wind calm. Runway has slight incline and minimum braking and reverse thrust were necessary. Exiting the runway we noticed the temperature on #8 brake was high while all other brakes were low. With #8 temperature at 275 degrees celsius we turned on brake fans to facilitate cooling. We believe fan was not activated/working because temperature continued to climb. Ramp was at approach end of the runway so we had to taxi several thousand feet down parallel taxiway. There were no calls from tower and there were no problems taxiing (no pulling or grabbing from the brake). After shutdown ramp personnel reported on interphone that the right brake was hot/smoking. The temperature showed 600 degrees celsius and no cooling was evident. Airport authorities and fire personnel were called out as a precaution.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A300 pilot landing at an international airport reported a hot brake on taxi in; exacerbated by a brake cooling fan that failed to operate.
Narrative: Airbus A300 with #8 brake MEL'ed and deactivated; on landing; weather clear; wind calm. Runway has slight incline and minimum braking and reverse thrust were necessary. Exiting the runway we noticed the temperature on #8 brake was high while all other brakes were low. With #8 temperature at 275 degrees Celsius we turned on brake fans to facilitate cooling. We believe fan was not activated/working because temperature continued to climb. Ramp was at approach end of the runway so we had to taxi several thousand feet down parallel taxiway. There were no calls from Tower and there were no problems taxiing (no pulling or grabbing from the brake). After shutdown ramp personnel reported on interphone that the right brake was hot/smoking. The temperature showed 600 degrees Celsius and no cooling was evident. Airport authorities and fire personnel were called out as a precaution.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.