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Aircraft braking systems include: Aircraft disc brakes in the landing gear, used to brake the wheels while touching the ground. These brakes are operated hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically. In most modern aircraft they are activated by the top section of the rudder pedals ("toe brakes"). In some older aircraft, the bottom section is ...
Virtually all jet-powered aircraft have an air brake or, in the case of most airliners, lift spoilers that also act as air brakes. Propeller-driven aircraft benefit from the natural braking effect of the propeller when engine power is reduced to idle, but jet engines have no similar braking effect, so jet-powered aircraft must use air brakes to ...
Brake caliper assembly usually consisting of one or two hollow aluminum or chrome-plated steel pistons (called caliper pistons), a set of thermally conductive brake pads and a rotor (also called a brake disc) or drum attached to an axle. The system is usually filled with a glycol-ether based brake fluid (other fluids may also be used).
The aircraft experienced an in-flight breakup after being hit by a missile. [2] All 269 occupants on board were killed. Arrow Air Flight 1285 (1985): A McDonnell Douglas DC-8 crashed on takeoff in Newfoundland, Canada, due to ice accumulation on the wings. The aircraft experienced an in-flight breakup, [3] and all 256 occupants on board were ...
On the flight preceding the incident, the DC-9 suffered a malfunction in one of its hydraulic systems while in flight. After landing, the captain shut down one of the plane's engines, inadvertently disabling the remaining working hydraulic system that controlled the aircraft's brakes and reverse thrusters. [6]
The aircraft shook violently and the nose rose momentarily before coming down again. The flight crew decided to abort the take-off, activated the thrust reverser and applied brakes to stop the aircraft. Passengers recalled that the brakes were "screaming" with white smoke reportedly spewing out from the wheel. The aircraft veered slightly to ...
A brake overheat warning system would have warned the crew that there was a problem. However, no such system was required on this type of aircraft, so Flight 420's crew had no idea that a fire had developed. The fire then ruptured the aircraft's hydraulic line, located near the wheel well, which caused the fire to intensify. [1]: 29-33
List of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failure; Date Accident/incident Location Aircraft Cause Fatalities Notes 1913-08-07 Death of S F Cody: UK Cody Floatplane "inherent structural weakness" 2 Broke up 1919-08-02 Airliner crash at Verona: Italy Caproni Ca.48: Wing flutter followed by wing collapse 14, 15, or 17 (sources ...