Service difficulty report · Brake · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
August 8, 2000
Submitted
August 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178DZ
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
30596
Aircraft time
588 hours, 279 cycles
Part
Brake
Condition
Fire
Location
Nr 7
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER ACFT BLOCKED INTO GATE, THE RIGHT BRAKES BECAME VERY HOT. NR 7 BRAKE HAD A GREASE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE BRAKES WERE COOLED WITH FORCED AIR. THE BRAKES WERE INSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE NR 7 BRAKE ASSY WAS CHANGED AS WAS THE NR 3, 4, 7 AND 8 WHEEL ASSYS.