2004-09 · NASA ASRS report 632598
THE L BRAKE OF A DA20 LOCKED ON LNDG.
I WAS GIVING FLT INSTRUCTION ON TFC PATTERN WORK AND NORMAL LNDG OPS. MY STUDENT WAS SETTING UP FOR THE LNDG AND I AS A FLT INSTRUCTOR WAS TALKING HIM THROUGH ON THE SETUPS. HE DID THE ENTIRE PRE-LNDG CHKLIST AND SETUP WHILE I DOUBLE-CHKED HIS WORK. THE STUDENT WAS ON HIS APCH SPD AND ALTS FOR ALL PARTS OF THE TFC PATTERN (UPWIND; XWIND; DOWNWIND; BASE; AND FINAL). ON FINAL HE WAS AT 60 KTS RECOMMENDED APCH SPD FOR THIS SPECIFIC ACFT AND ALSO STABILIZED FOR THE APCH. AT TOUCHDOWN; HE WAS ON THE CTLS AND I WAS PREPARED TO TAKE OVER IF NEEDED. HE LANDED THE ACFT AND; AS WE TOUCHED DOWN; I FELT THE BRAKES LOCK UP. I ASKED; 'ARE YOU ON THE BRAKES;' HE ANSWERED; 'I AM NOT ON THE BRAKES.' I TOO WAS NOT ON THE BRAKES AT THIS TIME. AS THE ACFT START PULLING TOWARDS THE L; HE AND I STARTED TO APPLY R RUDDER TO KEEP IT ON CTRLINE AND WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP JUST L OFF THE RWY CTRLINE. TWR NOTIFIED THAT HE OBSERVED SOME SMOKE COMING FROM OUR LNDG GEAR WHEN WE TOUCHED DOWN. I NOTICED THAT WE WERE ALSO TILTED TO THE L. I ADVISED MY STUDENT TO SHUTDOWN THE ACFT WHILE I MADE RADIO CALLS TO THE LCL FBO TO SEE IF THEY CAN TOW US OFF THE RWY. ONCE WE HAD THE ACFT SHUTDOWN AND SECURED; HE AND I STEPPED OUT OF THE ACFT TO CHK ON THE ACFT. WE FOUND OUT WE HAD A BLOWN L TIRE. BY THIS TIME THE FBO LINE GUYS WERE OUT THERE PREPARING TO GET US TOWED OFF THE RWY. THE ACFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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