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After landing and holding between runways waiting taxi clearance to the gate; the captain released the A320's brakes and the aircraft veered and skidded sharply left because of a severely grabbing brake. The brake released after the parking brake was set and released again.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 919299 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Parking Brake |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 850 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Landed on the right runway; exited tango to hold short of the left runway. Shut down engine #2 and held 3 minutes between runways. When cleared to cross the left runway released parking brake; brake pressure 0; and added power on #1 engine. Airplane veered left and skidded. Felt like left brake was grabbing. I stopped airplane; set parking brake. Airplane was over the hold short line for the left runway. Tower informed of the problem. Aircraft on short final was sent around. Recleared to cross the left runway; released parking brake; added power and operations [were] normal. Taxied to gate with no further problems. Maintenance notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After landing and holding between runways waiting taxi clearance to the gate; the Captain released the A320's brakes and the aircraft veered and skidded sharply left because of a severely grabbing brake. The brake released after the parking brake was set and released again.
Narrative: Landed on the right runway; exited Tango to hold short of the left runway. Shut down engine #2 and held 3 minutes between runways. When cleared to cross the left runway released parking brake; brake pressure 0; and added power on #1 engine. Airplane veered left and skidded. Felt like left brake was grabbing. I stopped airplane; set parking brake. Airplane was over the hold short line for the left runway. Tower informed of the problem. Aircraft on short final was sent around. Recleared to cross the left runway; released parking brake; added power and operations [were] normal. Taxied to gate with no further problems. Maintenance notified.
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.