An A300 flight crew experienced hot brakes after landing and discovered a fuse plug had melted upon ...

Attributes
ACN	852057
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Brake System
Person 1
Function	Check Pilot Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 2300
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 92 Flight Crew Total 3600 Flight Crew Type 973
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

On taxi in the right truck main wheel tires heated up. Aircraft ECAM and QRH procedures were followed that allowed us to continue taxi into the gate. Maintenance was notified that we had hot brakes and needed wheels chocked. Affected wheels were written up in the maintenance log and aircraft turned over to maintenance. No emergency declared.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 flight crew experienced hot brakes after landing and discovered a fuse plug had melted upon block arrival.

Narrative: On taxi in the right truck main wheel tires heated up. Aircraft ECAM and QRH procedures were followed that allowed us to continue taxi into the gate. Maintenance was notified that we had hot brakes and needed wheels chocked. Affected wheels were written up in the maintenance log and aircraft turned over to maintenance. No emergency declared.

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.