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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-6 · Houston, TX · January 27, 2022

Date: January 27, 2022 · 14:50 local
Place: Houston, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: WJKF
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Dehavilland DHC-6
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On January 27, 2022, aircraft c-fdhb, a Dehavilland DHC-6, was landed at Houston hobby airport (iah) and reported a brake fire after landing. The part 129 operator,privacy data omitted, stated the flight was operating under part 91 at the time. After the aircraft landed on the runway, the pilot stated he felt more drag on the left side of the plane as he braked to slow down. The engineer sitting on the left side of the airplane notified the crew of a fire near the left brake area. The aircraft stopped, shut down and the engineer exited with a fire extinguisher and extinguished the fire. Initial inspection revealed that the brake caliper had broken off, rotated forward and appeared to have broken off the brake hydraulic line.

Immediately following the incident, company maintenance personnel removed and replaced the damaged brake assembly and the aircraft was returned to service. It was then flown to airport yyc the next day without incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 27, 2022, AIRCRAFT C-FDHB, A DEHAVILLAND DHC-6, WAS LANDED AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT (IAH) AND REPORTED A BRAKE FIRE AFTER LANDING. THE PART 129 OPERATOR,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER PART 91 AT THE TIME. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT STATED HE FELT MORE DRAG ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLANE AS HE BRAKED TO SLOW DOWN. THE ENGINEER SITTING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE NOTIFIED THE CREW OF A FIRE NEAR THE LEFT BRAKE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED, SHUT DOWN AND THE ENGINEER EXITED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER HAD BROKEN OFF, ROTATED FORWARD AND APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN OFF THE BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINE.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. IT WAS THEN FLOWN TO AIRPORT YYC THE NEXT DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT.