What brake fluid do these planes use? I didn't realize that any types of brake fluid were flammable.
Mike Taglieri On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 4:35 PM Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > > Not trying to beat a dead horse but if you use brakes for steering you > need to be aware of the possible hazards. > > In one incident, an Aerospatiale Tobago (TB-10) was being taxied to > check an instrument repair. When the pilot depressed the left brake > pedal, it went to the floor, and the brake failed. Using rudder and the > right brake, the pilot was able to taxi back to the ramp. A bystander > was the first to notice that the left main wheel was on fire. > > What happened? The compression fitting that attached the brake line to > the brake failed, and when the pilot stepped on the brake pedal, it > squirted brake fluid onto the hot brake disk. It took seven 20-pound > fire extinguishers to put out the fire. The pilot evacuated the aircraft > quickly and wasn't injured. > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search <https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/-Search> > John Boyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ > ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Boyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
