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Old 11-26-2014, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by TheFly View Post
Looking at the METAR, the winds were no greater than 9 kts. Don't know the max tw component for the Phenom, but with 8,000ft of runway it shouldn't have been an issue. Brake malfunction?
Winds were quartering tailwind. 6 knots at the tail.

Max tailwind component is 10 knots.

It was raining.

It wasn't an 8000 ft runway and I believe the runway is not grooved.

I won't speculate on the cause except to say that the brakes on the Phenom are awful, especially on a wet runway.
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