Posted on 11/10/2025 8:54:23 AM PST by DFG
DALLAS — Improper maintenance led to a brake system "anomaly" that caused an American Airlines plane to overrun a runway at DFW Airport in February 2024, a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board detailed.
The agency's final report on the incident was released Monday, Nov. 10.
The incident happened Feb. 10, 2024, after American Airlines flight 1632 from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport landed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and lost "braking effectiveness," causing it to come to a stop on the paved overrun area on the south end of runway 17L.
No one was injured in the incident.
The NTSB report said the plane, a Boeing 737-823, underwent a scheduled modification four days before the incident in which crews replaced the aircraft's original steel brakes with carbon brakes. But investigators found that flexible hydraulic hoses on two of the brakes had been "improperly reconnected following the carbon brake and flow limiter installation," according to the report. This can result in incorrect antiskid system operation, the report said.
"Contributing to the diminished braking performance was the lack of a functional check to verify the flexible hydraulic hoses and transducer wiring were connected correctly after the braking system modification," the report said.
Audio from the plane's cockpit included the first officer saying, shortly after the plane touched down, "The brakes will not ... you got it?," and the captain replying, "I got it. Brakes aren't working."
The plane ultimately came to a stop about 30 seconds later, according to the report.
Boeing, as a result of the incident, issued a list of best practices to prevent similar problems:
-- Temporarily labeling flexible hydraulic hoses to the corresponding brake positions. -- Labeling wiring harnesses when disconnecting wheel speed transducers -- Functional checks to verify flexible hydraulic hoses and transducer wiring are correctly connected.
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“American Airlines flight 1632 now landing at Gate 10......Gate 11.......Gate 12......Gate 13........”
Runway was too short, obviously..............🤔
Aviation Ping!..................
LOL
I recall landing at DFW hard. I think a tire blew.
It was a long bumpy ride.
In before DEI jab.
DEI maintainers.
:)
Well, that was sudden and unexpected.
..never gets old
Brakes? What brakes? Reverse thrust? Do we have that?
Why, you'd almost think you could get a door blow blow-out at 15,000 feet with such sloppy practices. Nah, could never happen.
Boeing recommends:
* Labeling flexible hydraulic hoses to the corresponding brake positions
* Labeling wiring harnesses when disconnecting wheel speed transducers
* Checking that flexible hydraulic hoses and transducer wiring are correctly connected
Seems dumb not to test the modifications just made. Especially on an airplane.
I’ve changed aircraft brakes, transports and fighters. It’s not rocket science.
Twits need to be terminated.
My nephew was an exotic metal machinist at Mildenhal AB in the mid 1990’s. On of the aircraft maintenance types at nearby Lakenheath AB reconnected the wing flap actuators (?) backwards on an F-16.
Pilot control input produced the opposite bank from what was expected. The F-16 veered the wrong way on takeoff, crashed, and the pilot was killed.
Nobody had checked for proper operation. The mechanic, the supervisor who signed off on the maintenance, the squadron who received the aircraft back from the shop, the aircraft crew chief and the pilot. Nobody performed the checks required by the maintenance checklists, or checked for proper operation during preflight.
Somehow, only the mechanic was charged at court martial, and nobody else, for pencil-whipping the checklist. The mechanic was charged with the equivalent of negligent homicide, and “allowed” to commit suicide before sentencing.
All of this comes from my nephew, who was required to look at the machining of the exotic metals on the F-16, and had to testify at the trial.
What an a hole
Is that what they mean by non-stop flight?! I sure hope not!!!!
Improper maintenance led to a brake system “anomaly”.
This plane is fail safe this plane is fail safe...............
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