US Airways ERJ landing with parking brake in Houston?
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Pictures of US Airways ERJ in Houston?
Yesterday I saw some pictures of a US Airways ERJ-170 (I think) which landed in Houston with the park brake set.
Does anyone have any electronic copies of the images (or know where I can find them)?
Ta.
Does anyone have any electronic copies of the images (or know where I can find them)?
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Some pics at the link below (not sure if it's the same incident):
http://www.propstoppers.org/Pictures/USAir.htm
http://www.propstoppers.org/Pictures/USAir.htm
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>pictures, not only has he flat-spotted the tyres he has managed to flat-spot the wheels too!
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AND the struts . . .
(leaking fluid)
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AND the struts . . .
(leaking fluid)
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This does surprise me somewhat. Usually, you can not set the parking brake unless both brake pedals are fully depressed.
Sounds like BS to me, especially seing only the left main gear brakes are locked. If you set the parking brake, all brakes are activated.
The story is the guys were at cruise trying to figure out how to BS the ACARS
Sounds like BS to me, especially seing only the left main gear brakes are locked. If you set the parking brake, all brakes are activated.
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The above pictures from an A320 family aircraft may come from the so-called residual brake pressure incidents. Depending on operators they adapted procedures to check for any pressure on the analog brakes and accu press indicator beside the gear lever. Airbus' own procedure don't call for this check before landing.
Might the EMB170 have a similar problem?
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Might the EMB170 have a similar problem?
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