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First officer of an unidentified aircraft type reported the rubber deposits on the ungrooved runways at MMMX compromise braking effectiveness when wet.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 822435 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200902 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MMMX.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 5400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Why aren't the rubber deposits removed from MMMX's runways? Braking action is compromised when the runways are wet. Runway grooving would help also.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: First Officer of an unidentified aircraft type reported the rubber deposits on the ungrooved runways at MMMX compromise braking effectiveness when wet.
Narrative: Why aren't the rubber deposits removed from MMMX's runways? Braking action is compromised when the runways are wet. Runway grooving would help also.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.