Service difficulty report · Brake · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
July 3, 2009
Submitted
July 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
542
Aircraft time
38,888 hours, 11,637 cycles
Part
Brake
Part number
C205240007B
Part serial
03872
Condition
Burned
Location
Zone 700
Part time
542 hours, 333 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 8 BRAKE TAXING INTO GATE WENT ABOVE 300 DEGS WITH ALL OTHER TEMPS BETWN 50-75 DEGS. ON ARRIVAL, WERE INFORMED BY GRD CREW THE BRAKES WERE VERY HOT, SMOKING AND LATER CAUGHT FIRE. ECAM SHOWED TEMP ABOVE 600 DEGREES. BRAKE FANS WERE ACTIVATED BEFORE GATE ARRIVAL. OTHER THAN BRAKE TEMP,THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICTION OF PROBLEM. IE STEERING, BRAKE GRAB ETC.

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