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| Title: | Gear fire on landing, Boeing 777, AP-BGK |
| Micro summary: | This Boeing 777 experienced a gear fire on landing. |
| Event Time: | 2004-06-08 at 0850 UTC |
| File Name: | 2004-06-08-UK.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) |
| Publishing Country: | United Kingdom |
| Report number: | EW/G2004/06/06 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Site of event: | Manchester Airport |
| Departure: | Unknown |
| Destination: | Birmingham International Airport, West Midlands, England |
| Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 777 |
| Flight Phase: | Landing |
| Registration(s): | AP-BGK |
| Operator(s): | PIA - Pakistan International Airlines |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 316 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 316 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | After the aircraft arrived on stand at Manchester Airport, the marshaller observed a fire originating from the left main landing gear. The Airport Fire Service attended the scene and the fire was extinguished. Subsequent examination of the brakes, axle and wheel bearings showed that they had been blackened by smoke. The hydraulic lines in the braking system had suffered heat damage. |
| Learning Keywords: | Systems - Brake/Tire/Wheel Well Fire |
| Systems - Hydraulics | |
| Systems - Landing Gear |
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