# Incident 20110606009389I: Lloyd Thomas W TWLRV8SP, Salt Lake City, UT, June 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2011, 12:10 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N842TL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LLOYD THOMAS W TWLRV8SP
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 25 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110606009389I

## Narrative

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

ON TAXI OUT TO RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE, THE RH BRAKE CAUGHT FIRE.  PILOT STATED HE HAD TO USE CONSIDERABLE RH BRAKE TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT PATH ON TAXIWAY.  WHEN ALMOST AT THE RUNWAY END, PILOT NOTED RH BRAKE BECAME SOFT, HE THEN TURNED INTO THE WIND WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE/FLAMES FROM RH WHEEL.  HE THEN SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EGRESSED.  AIRCRAFT BEHIND INCIDENT NOTIFIED TOWER WHO SENT FIRE SERVICES.  UPON INSPECTION, NO DAMAGE NOTED TO AIRFRAME.  RH WHEEL PANT AND TIRE WERE BURNED.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE RH BRAKE LINE BROKE CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO SPILL ONTO THE HOT BRAKE CALIPER CAUSING THE FIRE.

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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