What the profile screens for
Recorded or derived brake temperature exceeds an aircraft- and maintenance-specific monitoring condition after landing.
Why it matters
High brake energy can affect turnaround, fuse-plug, tyre, fire, maintenance, and operational decisions.
Build the event around relationships—not one number.
Define the operating context
Identify the landing / taxi state, aircraft configuration, location, and any required external data before applying logic.
Screen the signal relationship
Use validated combinations of brake temperature, brake pressure, groundspeed; avoid treating one isolated value as the whole event.
Confirm it is a genuine event
Check polarity, units, source, recording rate, dropouts, air/ground logic, persistence, and false-positive mechanisms.
Connect data to the safety question
Review procedures, reports, weather, airport and traffic context, exposure, recurrence, and the strength of the related barriers.
Recorded signals that may help explain the event.
Calibrated airspeed
Indicated airspeed corrected for instrument and position error, as provided by the aircraft data system.
Open parameter guide ↗psi, bar, or %Brake pressure
Hydraulic pressure or command associated with wheel braking; it is not a direct measurement of tyre/runway friction.
Open parameter guide ↗Questions before conclusions
- Q1
Are brake temperature, brake pressure, groundspeed valid, correctly decoded, time-aligned, and sampled well enough for this event?
- Q2
What changed immediately before, during, and after the high brake temperature after landing indication?
- Q3
How do aircraft configuration, weather, airport geometry, automation state, and crew reports change the interpretation?
- Q4
Which current flight manual, SOP, maintenance, or operator event definition controls the final conclusion?
Safety topics that broaden the event review.
Rejected takeoff decision
Recognition, decision, communication, and stopping action when a takeoff is discontinued, with emphasis on event type and aircraft energy.
Open topic profile ↗SAT-041 · Aircraft systems & airworthinessLanding gear malfunction
Abnormal extension, retraction, indication, locking, door, steering, tyre, wheel, or brake conditions affecting ground or flight operation.
Open topic profile ↗SAT-060 · Powerplant & fuelThrust reverser malfunction
Failure to deploy, stow, remain locked, or respond symmetrically, with consequences for flight, landing deceleration, control, and maintenance.
Open topic profile ↗Runway Excursion
Explore overruns and veer-offs as the combined result of approach energy, runway condition, touchdown, deceleration, and directional control.
Open topic brief ↗Flight OperationsLanding Performance
Connect approved landing-distance data with current wind, runway condition, aircraft state, touchdown point, and deceleration technique.
Open topic brief ↗Aircraft SystemsFire and Smoke
View fire safety as detection, containment, checklist action, diversion, evacuation, and rescue barriers.
Open topic brief ↗12 useful starting points
Terminology and topic relationships select these links; the publisher source remains authoritative.
AC 91-79B — Aircraft Landing Performance and Runway Excursion Mitigation
This FAA circular brings together landing-performance planning, time-of-arrival assessment, RCAM information, and operational practices for reducing runway-excursion risk.
Open official sourceIs it a Loss of Braking?
Official Airbus Safety First material indexed for runway safety. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceAnnual Safety Review 2025
EASA's review uses occurrence and accident information to describe performance across aviation domains and to support the European safety-risk-management process.
Open official sourceStatistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents, 1959–2024
Boeing's 56th annual statistical summary organizes commercial-jet accident data using stated definitions and the CAST/ICAO occurrence taxonomy.
Open official sourceIATA Annual Safety Report — 2024
IATA's 61st annual report provides an interactive, method-defined view of commercial aviation accident performance and contributing-factor classifications.
Open official sourceSafety Alert SA-077 — Stabilized Approaches Lead to Safe Landings
The NTSB alert highlights the need to establish and maintain a stabilized approach and to go around when an approach falls outside applicable criteria.
Open official sourceSAFO 21003 — SAFO 21003, Inspection of Lavatory Fire Extinguishing Bottles on Aircraft Parked or Stored for a Prolonged Period of Time in a High-Temperature Environment
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for fire and smoke and maintenance. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 18003 — SAFO 18003, Procedures for Addressing Odors, Smoke and/or Fumes In-Flight
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for fire and smoke. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 18009 — SAFO 18009, Risk of Runway Number Transposition Leading to a possible "Runway Overrun" During Takeoff at San Francisco International Airport ( SFO )
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for approach and landing and takeoff. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 16001 — SAFO 16001, Risks of Fire or Explosion when Transporting Lithium Ion or Lithium Metal Batteries as Cargo on Passenger and Cargo Aircraft
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for fire and smoke and cabin and cargo. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 16011 — SAFO 16011, Air Transport Restrictions for Recalled Lithium Batteries and Lithium Battery Powered Devices
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for fire and smoke. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 15003 — SAFO 15003, Fire Risk of Electronic Cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in Checked Baggage
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for fire and smoke. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official source