AFTER NORMAL LNDG AND CLR OF RWY THE BRAKES CHATTERED AND L BRAKES OVERHEATED AT GATE.

1994-07 · NASA ASRS report 278698

Date: 1994-07 · Aircraft: B737-200

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AFTER NORMAL LNDG AND CLR OF RWY THE BRAKES CHATTERED AND L BRAKES OVERHEATED AT GATE.

Narrative

WHILE ON APCH A PRECEDING ACFT ADVISED OF A SPD INCREASE OF 20 KTS AT 500 FT AGL. THERE WERE NO FIELD WINDSHEAR ALERTS OR MICROBURST ALERTS. WE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE APCH; BUT INSTITUTED WINDSHEAR PROCS. WE EXPERIENCED WINDSHEAR BUT AT 500 FT AGL; WE WERE STABILIZED ON GS AND WITHIN 5 KTS OF APCH SPD. TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT WERE NORMAL. I TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT (FO FLYING) AND TURNED OFF RWY 26L AT C-3. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 26R AT C-3 FOR LNDG TFC. AS I CAME TO A STOP ON C-3 PRIOR TO RWY 26R; THE BRAKES BEGAN TO CHATTER AND THE ACFT SHUDDERED WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I DIRECTED FO TO INFORM RAMP TWR OF THIS SO THAT THE MECHS WOULD USE CAUTION WHEN INSPECTING THE BRAKES AT THE GATE. PARKING WAS UNEVENTFUL; HOWEVER; IT APPEARED THE MECHS DID NOT GET THE MESSAGE. WE OPENED A COCKPIT WINDOW AND TOLD THEM OF OUR PROB VERBALLY. WE FINISHED THE PARKING CHKLIST AND THE PAX AGENT BEGAN DEPLANING THE PAX. IT SEEMED 2-3 MINS HAD GONE BY SINCE PARKING WHEN ONE OF THE MECHS YELLED UP TO US TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT. MEANWHILE; HE GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON THE RAMP AND HEADED TOWARD OUR L MAIN LNDG GEAR. AFTER CALLING THE FIRE DEPT; WE SHUT DOWN ALL ACFT PWR AND BEGAN TO EVACUATE THE REMAINING APPROX 1/3 OF THE PAX THROUGH DOOR L-1 INTO THE JETWAY. WHEN ALL PAX AND CREW HAD BEEN SAFELY DEPLANED; I LOOKED OUT THE JETWAY WINDOW AND SAW THE MECHS AND LATER THE FIRE DEPT EXTINGUISHING WHAT APPEARED TO BE HOT BRAKES ON THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT. WITHIN MINS THE FUSE PLUGS LET GO AND BOTH L MAIN GEAR TIRES DEFLATED. I WAS LATER INFORMED BY A MECH THAT HYD FLUID HAD GOTTEN ONTO THE HOT BRAKES WHICH MADE THE PROB WORSE. I INFORMED DISPATCH.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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