A320 DECIDES TO DEPART GATE WITH HOT BRAKES IN ANTICIPATION OF THEIR COOLING PRIOR TO TKOF. RWY INCURSION RESULTS WHILE HOLDING BRAKES MANUALLY AT HOLD SHORT LINE.
Synopsis
A320 DECIDES TO DEPART GATE WITH HOT BRAKES IN ANTICIPATION OF THEIR COOLING PRIOR TO TKOF. RWY INCURSION RESULTS WHILE HOLDING BRAKES MANUALLY AT HOLD SHORT LINE.
Narrative
WHILE DOING PREFLT CHKS; WITH ABOUT 25 MINS PRIOR TO DEP; I NOTICED THE #1 AND #2 BRAKE TEMPS WERE OVER 300 DEGS (THE #2 BRAKE WAS OVER 400 DEGS). THE FO AND I COORD CHOCKS (WHICH TOOK SOME TIME) AND THE #2 BRAKE WAS JUST BELOW 300 DEGS AT PUSHBACK TIME. I DECIDED TO PUSH BACK AND TAXI; USING ONLY THE R BRAKE. DURING THE COURSE OF TAXIING; WHICH INVOLVED A RWY CHANGE DUE TO A MICROBURST (FROM RWY 25 TO RWY 34L) AND A PROB WITH LOAD PLANNING; THE #3 AND #4 BRAKES WENT OVER 300 DEGS. TWR ASKED US TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 34L AT TXWY D2 TO LET OTHERS BEHIND US TAKE OFF. I ELECTED TO NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE WHILE HOLDING SHORT; BUT ONLY HOLD THE L BRAKE SO THE R SIDE COULD COOL FASTER. THAT WAS MY MISTAKE. WHILE TALKING WITH THE FO ABOUT OUR LOAD PLANNING ISSUE; COUPLED WITH IT BEING DARK OUTSIDE AND THE DOWNHILL SLOPE OF THE TXWY TOWARD THE RWY; THE ACFT CREPT FORWARD WITHOUT MY NOTICING IT. WHEN THE FO NOTICED; WE WERE ABOUT 4 FT OVER THE HOLD SHORT LINE. SHORTLY AFTER WE NOTICED THE INCURSION (WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD TWR WE WERE READY TO GO BECAUSE OUR BRAKES HAD COOLED); WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF.
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