# Incident 20060924019699I: Airbus A320231, Philadelphia, PA, September 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2006, 08:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N637AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N637AW-2017-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-231 (registry code 3930325, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320231
- People aboard: 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060924019699I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) N637AW WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 27L IN PHL FOR TAKEOFF ON FLIGHT 430 ON SUNDAY 09/24/06 WHEN THE TOWER REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WHERE THE TECHNICIANS FOUND THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: #2 MLG WHEEL ASSY INNER BEARING FAILED AND WHEEL AXLE HUB BADLY DAMAGED WITH SEVERAL LARGE PIECES MISSING AND DEEP SCORING OF THE WHEEL ASSY; #2 BRAKE ASSY HEAT SHEILDS DAMAGED & DISTORTED WITH SOME DEFORMATION ON THE BRAKE PRESSURE PLATE, #2 BRAKE COOLING FAN FINS DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED; THE AIRCRAFT LEFT PHL ON MONDAY 09/25/06 ON A REPOSITION FLIGHT. ALL THE DAMAGED PARTS (#2 BRAKE, #1 & 2 MLG WHEEL ASSEMBLIES) WERE REPLACED TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION EXCEPT FOR THE #2 BRAKE COOLING FAN WHICH WAS DEFERRED ON MEL. THESE DISCREPANCIES ARE DOCUMENTED ON LOGPAGES #7421062 TO 065. THE BEARING THAT FAILED IS MANUFACTURER'S (TIMKEN) PART NUMBER OF 48290. THERE IS A PREVIOUS SDR (AWXA20050023) ON THIS BEARING PART NUMBER FILED ON 2/14/2005 FOR AIRCRAFT N654AW. PHL FSDO17 INCIDENT LOG #2006-I-041. PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED COMPONENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PHL FSDO.

## Other reports on N637AW (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20101007049219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101007049219I), Oct 7, 2010: Airbus Indu A320-231 (N637AW), Kansas City, MO, No damage. Us airways flight 5, phx to ord, sent acars message at 2050Z that the yellow "hydraulic reservoir low level warning" came on. The crew followed the ecam…
- [Incident 19981213039779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981213039779I), Dec 13, 1998: Airbus A320231 (N637AW), Kansas City, MO. (-5)On December 13, 1998, American west, flight number 44, an Airbus 320, was enroute from cmh to lax and diverted to mci due to pressurization problems. No…
- [Incident 19940321008889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940321008889I), Mar 21, 1994: Airbus A320231 (N637AW), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Narrative: while on board america west flight 19, enroute from dfw to phx, on March 21, 1994, two female passengers became unruly, lewd, loud and abusive. The…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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