HIGH SPD ABORTED TKOF AND DEFLATED TIRES AFTER AN A320 PIC SENSES A 10-15 KT LOSS OF AIRSPD AT DEN; CO.

Date: 2002-03 · Aircraft: A320

Anomalies: deviation-speed-all-types|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown|other-braking-action

Synopsis

HIGH SPD ABORTED TKOF AND DEFLATED TIRES AFTER AN A320 PIC SENSES A 10-15 KT LOSS OF AIRSPD AT DEN; CO.

Narrative

WE WERE ON TKOF ROLL AT DENVER ON RWY 8. I FELT A SIDE LOAD ON THE ACFT AND THE ACFT ATTEMPTED TO YAW L. THIS OCCURRED AT ABOUT 130-140 KTS. THE AIRSPD WAS DECREASING AND THE AIRSPD TREND ARROW WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCALE. OUR V1 SPD WAS 152 KTS FOR A 152000 LB TKOF WT. I ABORTED THE TKOF AT ABOUT 130-140 KTS. I EXITED THE RWY AT TXWY R4 AND MADE A R TURN ONTO TXWY R. WE RPTED THE REASON FOR THE ABORT TO THE TWR AS A 10-15 KT AIRSPD LOSS AT ABOUT MIDFIELD. THE BRAKE TEMPS WERE INCREASING VERY RAPIDLY AND I STOPPED TAXIING WHEN THEY GOT ABOVE 600 DEGS. THE TAXI DISTANCE WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FT. THE BRAKE TEMPS INCREASED TO 900 DEGS AND ALL 4 TIRES DEFLATED. ARPT CFR WAS SENT TO MONITOR OUR SIT. DENVER WIND HAD BEEN RPTED AS VARIABLE AT 5 KTS FOR SEVERAL HRS. SHORTLY AFTER OUR ABORT THE TWR RPTED WIND WAS 270 DEGS AT 6 KTS. THERE WAS VIRGA IN THE AREA AND DURING TAXI OUT A DENVER WINDSHEAR ALERT WAS CANCELED. SEVERAL ACFT DEPARTING RWY 8 AFTER OUR ABORT WERE RPTING AIRSPD STAGNATION AT MIDFIELD.

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