Description
Inadvertent brake application during take-off roll can occur without obvious technical failures, degrading take-off performance margins and aircraft acceleration rate, increasing the runway distance required and reducing safety margins. If not properly monitored, it may contribute to runway excursion or tail strike events.
Contributing factors are often linked to pilot feet placement, seat and pedal adjustment, rudder and brake pedal technique, or cockpit ergonomics, rather than aircraft malfunctions or system failures.
Proactive safety management through data insights from FDM/FOQA programs is key to identifying these events, their root causes and contributing factors, and establishing necessary mitigation actions such as training and safety promotion activities.
Contributing factors are often linked to pilot feet placement, seat and pedal adjustment, rudder and brake pedal technique, or cockpit ergonomics, rather than aircraft malfunctions or system failures.
Proactive safety management through data insights from FDM/FOQA programs is key to identifying these events, their root causes and contributing factors, and establishing necessary mitigation actions such as training and safety promotion activities.