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Flight crew of a DHC8 evacuate/evacuationed the aircraft while holding short of runway for takeoff due to a wheel brake fire.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513383 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200106 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cyvr.airport |
| State Reference | BC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 180 |
| ASRS Report | 513383 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 1850 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 513830 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated controller : issued alert flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Holding short of runway 8R in vancouver, back course, prior to departure, our flight attendant called advising there was smoke coming from our right wheel well. While the first officer was speaking to the flight attendant, the tower called advising of smoke coming from the #2 engine. I called for the engine fire/shutdown on ground checklist. The flight attendant called back saying there were now flames. At the same time the tower called and advised there was fire on our #2 side and the trucks were on the way. I declared an emergency. We ran the engine fire/shutdown on ground checklist and told the passenger to evacuate/evacuation out the main cabin door through which they entered. They evacuate/evacuationed on the #1 side of the aircraft. The first officer and I finished the checklist and followed the passenger and flight attendant out. The vancouver fire department did a fabulous job helping us. It turned out that the brake on the #2 side caught fire and the flight attendant and tower believed it was the engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DHC8 EVACED THE ACFT WHILE HOLDING SHORT OF RWY FOR TKOF DUE TO A WHEEL BRAKE FIRE.
Narrative: HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 8R IN VANCOUVER, BC, PRIOR TO DEP, OUR FLT ATTENDANT CALLED ADVISING THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM OUR R WHEEL WELL. WHILE THE FO WAS SPEAKING TO THE FLT ATTENDANT, THE TWR CALLED ADVISING OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE #2 ENG. I CALLED FOR THE ENG FIRE/SHUTDOWN ON GND CHKLIST. THE FLT ATTENDANT CALLED BACK SAYING THERE WERE NOW FLAMES. AT THE SAME TIME THE TWR CALLED AND ADVISED THERE WAS FIRE ON OUR #2 SIDE AND THE TRUCKS WERE ON THE WAY. I DECLARED AN EMER. WE RAN THE ENG FIRE/SHUTDOWN ON GND CHKLIST AND TOLD THE PAX TO EVAC OUT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR THROUGH WHICH THEY ENTERED. THEY EVACED ON THE #1 SIDE OF THE ACFT. THE FO AND I FINISHED THE CHKLIST AND FOLLOWED THE PAX AND FLT ATTENDANT OUT. THE VANCOUVER FIRE DEPT DID A FABULOUS JOB HELPING US. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE BRAKE ON THE #2 SIDE CAUGHT FIRE AND THE FLT ATTENDANT AND TWR BELIEVED IT WAS THE ENG.
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.