A B767-300 suffered overheated brakes after landing and a small fire erupted after parking requiring...

Attributes
ACN	906382
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 30000 Flight Crew Type 10500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 650
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Noticed brake temp light. Checked status and noticed left main 3 and 4 temp 6. Shutdown right engine and taxied to gate. Used only right brakes to stop aircraft from the bridge to gate. Called maintenance about the problem. I then went out to check aircraft and saw smoke coming from left truck. Maintenance asked me to release brakes; I did and came back outside to check aircraft and found maintenance using fire extinguisher on left main. Shortly the fire trucks came to assist. No one said anything about a fire until I talked to maintenance on tarmac. I then found out there was a small fire around brakes. All passengers were deplaned long before this notice about fire was known. Fire department sprayed the left truck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 suffered overheated brakes after landing and a small fire erupted after parking requiring the use of fire extinguishers by ground personnel and crash fire and rescue.

Narrative: Noticed brake temp light. Checked status and noticed left main 3 and 4 temp 6. Shutdown right engine and taxied to gate. Used only right brakes to stop aircraft from the bridge to gate. Called maintenance about the problem. I then went out to check aircraft and saw smoke coming from left truck. Maintenance asked me to release brakes; I did and came back outside to check aircraft and found maintenance using fire extinguisher on left main. Shortly the fire trucks came to assist. No one said anything about a fire until I talked to maintenance on tarmac. I then found out there was a small fire around brakes. All passengers were deplaned long before this notice about fire was known. Fire department sprayed the left truck.

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.