Don't Land with the Parking Brake Set

[jesse]

This is one of those unusual accidents that makes you wonder why in the world would a pilot set his parking brake after being airborne. This is a lesson for all of us. Observe the results in the photos.

Jesse

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[garryrussell]

I saw an a HP Herald land with the brakes on

Stopped in about a length and a half.

In that case in was not the pilots doing and they had no idea.not until they landed

The brakes come on to stop the wheels as they retract...and they'd stuck on.

Could it be similar here?

Given the way the retracted mains sit semi exposed and tight fitting, I would have thought the 737 was one of the types where the wheels were braked during retraction

Garry

[jesse]

Gary, I have not seen the accident report or anything from the NTSB, so I don't really have an idea of what happened. It could be the brakes froze up, but that is not very likely in August in Texas. Especially at Houston. Even at FL350 where it is colder than a well diggers butt in the Klondike, the wheels would have had time to thaw and warm up on the way down.

Jesse

[sunny9850]

By the looks of it this was a ERJ-190 not a B737 so the wheels are fully retracted and enclosed. Not sure if they are braked during retraction or not.
However since it was only one side that appeared fully locked up I would guess that it was not just simple crew error.

We had a student pull the parking brake in a PA28-161 by mistake instead of the flap handle. Made for a very short "roll out" so to speak and one unhappy boss lady

Stefan

It is a ERJ 170 operated by Republic Airways.

[garryrussell]

I wasn't meaning anything to do with freezing and ice

In the case of the Herald they jammed on during the retraction process..it wa a mechanical failure.

[capflyer]

From the FAA's Incident database (courtesy of MyAirplane.com)

Accident/Incident Occurred on: 2005-08-15

Narrative: (-23) THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT "UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SHAKING SEVERELY. AT THAT POINT I NOTICED THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE NOT FULLY DOWN AND THEN LOWERED THE HANDLE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT, THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AND DISCOVERED ALL FOUR TIRES BLOWN. I MADE THE APPROPRIATE LOG BOOK ENTRY." POST EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKES APPEARED TO BE ENGAGED AT THE AIRCRAFT POINT OF TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 8L AT HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THERE WERE HEAVY SKID MARKS FROM THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY STOPPED, APPROXIMATELY 2200'. ALL FOUR TIRES, WHEELS AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WERE DESTROYED. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK ROD WAS BROKEN IN HALF BY TIRE DEBRIS. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. OTHER NOTICEABLE DAMAGE WAS MINOR IN NATURE DEALING WITH THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING/FLAP WELL AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT HAND INBOARD FLAP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS NOT REQUIRED.