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An antiskid failure on landing resulted in two blown tires and two additional tires damaged beyond limits. Reporter addresses general concerns about the state of maintenance of company aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 847167 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Antiskid System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Co-pilot's landing on 27L. Overcast day; wet runway. Landed in first third of touchdown zone. Auto brakes three. Planned turnoff at A1. Normal landing. Upon autobrake release co-pilot remarked brakes spongy and pulling sharply. Control released to me after missing A1. When I applied brakes I could not stop aircraft to make 22; finally stopped by east and made turn. Felt like there were no brakes on left side. Taxied in normally. Wrote up braking. Upon inspection two large basketball sized holes in tires on left side. Two more needed to be replaced due to scuffing. Found that the anti-skid had locked up. This flight was further complicated by left fuel gauge inoperable and first officer's CDU inoperable. This is an alarming trend that our airplanes are sent out with multiple deferrals. There are no parts and no one to fix them. I am starting to feel no one cares about safety except the pilots. I am very sad to see a once great airline start to look like a third world carrier; where pilots are pressured into flying substandard aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An antiskid failure on landing resulted in two blown tires and two additional tires damaged beyond limits. Reporter addresses general concerns about the state of maintenance of company aircraft.
Narrative: Co-pilot's landing on 27L. Overcast day; wet runway. Landed in first third of touchdown zone. Auto brakes three. Planned turnoff at A1. Normal landing. Upon autobrake release co-pilot remarked brakes spongy and pulling sharply. Control released to me after missing A1. When I applied brakes I could not stop aircraft to make 22; finally stopped by E and made turn. Felt like there were no brakes on left side. Taxied in normally. Wrote up braking. Upon inspection two large basketball sized holes in tires on left side. Two more needed to be replaced due to scuffing. Found that the anti-skid had locked up. This flight was further complicated by left fuel gauge inoperable and First Officer's CDU inoperable. This is an alarming trend that our airplanes are sent out with multiple deferrals. There are no parts and no one to fix them. I am starting to feel no one cares about safety except the pilots. I am very sad to see a once great airline start to look like a third world carrier; where pilots are pressured into flying substandard aircraft.
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.