Aircraft evacuate/evacuationed after a brake fire smoke is reported by ground crew.

Attributes
ACN	275387
Time
Date	199406
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 185 flight time total : 9200 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	275387
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Left brake began smoking when hydraulic fluid dripped on the brake due to a leak. Ground service people treated it as a fire and began putting fire extinguisher agent on the gear. The aircraft was evacuate/evacuationed of remaining passenger. No injuries.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EVACED AFTER A BRAKE FIRE SMOKE IS RPTED BY GND CREW.

Narrative: L BRAKE BEGAN SMOKING WHEN HYD FLUID DRIPPED ON THE BRAKE DUE TO A LEAK. GND SVC PEOPLE TREATED IT AS A FIRE AND BEGAN PUTTING FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT ON THE GEAR. THE ACFT WAS EVACED OF REMAINING PAX. NO INJURIES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.