<< >> NASA ASRS Report 989284, January 2012

An A320 flight crew reported being dispatched with BSCU1 deferred; then losing autobrakes after takeoff. They continued to destination after declaring an emergency.

Attributes
ACN	989284
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 11500 Flight Crew Type 5000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

After takeoff we received an ECAM that the autobrakes had failed. Upon further investigation we had also lost normal brakes on top of a deferred item BSCU1. Due to deteriorating weather conditions in [destination] and the multiple system failures we conferred with dispatch that in the event of any additional failures that the best course of action would be to declare an emergency and continue to [destination]. We landed without incident and canceled the emergency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 flight crew reported being dispatched with BSCU1 deferred; then losing autobrakes after takeoff. They continued to destination after declaring an emergency.

Narrative: After takeoff we received an ECAM that the autobrakes had failed. Upon further investigation we had also lost normal brakes on top of a deferred item BSCU1. Due to deteriorating weather conditions in [destination] and the multiple system failures we conferred with Dispatch that in the event of any additional failures that the best course of action would be to declare an emergency and continue to [destination]. We landed without incident and canceled the emergency.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.