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Captain of an medium large transport returned to gate and deplaned passenger after one of the wheel brakes overheated during taxi out for takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 318643 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : orf |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : hou |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 318643 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Taxi out, right brake reached 300 degrees, near fuse plug blow out. Taxied back to gate, called fire trucks, deplaned passenger at gate. Fire trucks stood by until brake cooled down! Company emergency procedure followed!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG RETURNED TO GATE AND DEPLANED PAX AFTER ONE OF THE WHEEL BRAKES OVERHEATED DURING TAXI OUT FOR TKOF.
Narrative: TAXI OUT, R BRAKE REACHED 300 DEGS, NEAR FUSE PLUG BLOW OUT. TAXIED BACK TO GATE, CALLED FIRE TRUCKS, DEPLANED PAX AT GATE. FIRE TRUCKS STOOD BY UNTIL BRAKE COOLED DOWN! COMPANY EMER PROC FOLLOWED!
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.