Accident Airbus A300B4-622R A7-ABV,
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Date:Friday 8 September 2006
Time:22:00 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic A306 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A300B4-622R
Owner/operator:Qatar Airways
Registration: A7-ABV
MSN: 690
Year of manufacture:1993
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 218
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Accident
Location:Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) -   Spain
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD)
Destination airport:Doha Airport (DOH/OTBD)
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The brakes for tyres 5 and 6 overheated during a long taxi out for takeoff. The crew decided to return to the stand, but a fire broke out. The aircraft was evacuated.
The brakes overheated due to residual pressure trapped in the alternate brake system caused by a stuck servo valve which resulted from the presence of a high hardness particle in the hydraulic fluid.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: A-053/2006
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/B4E6D093-B209-4A84-A87A-EA289CA86D87/97960/2010_Boletin_003.pdf

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 April 2007 A7-ABV Qatar Airways 0 Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) w/o

Revision history:

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04-Jan-2011 14:38 harro Added

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