A319
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Workload; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
Climbing through approximately FL 220; brakes hot ECAM. Leveled at FL 260; per ECAM slowed below 250 kts. Extended gear; cooled brakes below 300 degrees; slowed below 220 kts; retracted gear. Continued to filed altitude and realized that we had exceeded maximum operating altitude for gear extension.Contacted maintenance to advise.While focusing on slowing for speed limitations I did not recall the altitude limitation for gear extension. Recall limitation for gear extension.
During climb going through approximately FL220 we got a hot wheel warning ECAM. Number 4 wheel was indicating 300 degrees Celsius. We asked ATC to stop our climb and needed to slow the aircraft for our hot wheel procedure; and was given FL260 since we were on a westerly heading and already had climbed through FL240. We followed the ECAM procedure and slowed to 240 knots and lowered the gear. The wheel temperature dropped quickly; and we slowed down to 215 knots and retracted the gear. We requested to continue the climb and return to normal cruise speed. We got clearance to FL360 and normal speed. Shortly thereafter; we realized that we had done the procedure at FL260 and max gear altitude is FL250. Captain contacted maintenance control and wrote up the discrepancy in the aircraft's logbook.Some task loading with obtaining ATC clearance and notifying flight attendants and passengers regarding the procedure. Better monitoring and verifying of procedure.Pay better attention to all the factors. Although the ECAM does specify maximum speeds; it doesn't remind you of maximum altitude.
Air carrier flight crew reported receiving a hot wheel warning during climb. The crew inadvertently exceeded the maximum operating altitude when extending the landing gear for cooling.