AN ACR MLG CREW CONTINUED TO TAXI AFTER A BRAKE OVERHEAT WARNING.

1995-08 · NASA ASRS report 314514

Date: 1995-08 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AN ACR MLG CREW CONTINUED TO TAXI AFTER A BRAKE OVERHEAT WARNING.

Narrative

CAPT; PNF; ABORTED TKOF AT 110 KTS AFTER AURAL TKOF WARNING HORN AND AURAL SLATS ALERT HEARD. ABORT UNEVENTFUL AND ACFT CLRED RWY 17R AT TXWYS E; K; HOLDING SHORT OF TXWY L. MAINT CONTACTED FOR ADVICE. RECYCLING OF FLAPS AND SLATS COMPLETED WITH MAINT CONCURRENCE. TKOF WARNING SYS CHKED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES. BRAKE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED APPROX 2 MINS AFTER PARKING BRAKES. FO USED TEMP SELECTOR AND DETERMINED BOTH L MAINMOUNTS ABOVE 305 DEGS. R MAINMOUNTS INDICATED APPROX 150 DEGS. SATISFIED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE NO PROB WITH FLAP/SLAT SYS; CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TAXI TO RWY 18L AND ALLOW BRAKES TO COOL. BRAKE OVERHEAT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED WHILE NBOUND ON TXWY K PRIOR TO REACHING TXWY Z. BRAKES WERE STEADILY COOLING AND INDICATED 220 DEGS UPON REACHING RWY 18L AT TXWY Y. CAPT REQUESTED FURTHER TAXI S ON TXWY E TO GIVE BRAKES MORE COOLING AIRFLOW. WHILE SBOUND ON TXWY E; ALL BRAKE TEMPS WERE CHKED AND ALL INDICATED LESS THAN 200 DEGS. CLRNC WAS REQUESTED BACK TO RWY 18L AND GND CTL CLRED US VIA TXWYS W; L; AND F. WHILE TAXIING N ON TXWY F; BOTH R MAINMOUNTS DEFLATED AS ACFT PASSED TXWY WJ. CAPT STOPPED ACFT; ATC NOTIFIED AND CFR REQUESTED. CAPT CONTACTED AFT FLT ATTENDANT FOR EXTERNAL OBSERVATIONS. NO SMOKE OR FIRE OBSERVED SO CAPT ELECTED NOT TO EVAC. VISUAL INSPECTION BY CFR CONFIRMED 2 DEFLATED MAINMOUNTS; NO FIRE.

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

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