2022-03 · NASA ASRS report 1883754
B757-200 flight crew reported two main tire assemblies deflated on landing roll out due to excessive manual braking applied due to three different MELs on the aircraft. The aircraft was towed to the gate to complete the flight.
After landing during the rollout two left main tires blew. We did not know the tires had blown until Tower advised us of our situation. We had already exited the runway then stopped to have the aircraft evaluated by our Mechanics. They decided to put the gear pins in and tug us into parking. The Mechanic advised us no damage to flaps appeared so we retracted flaps and shut down the engines for tow in. We had been on duty since XApm the night before and I believe fatigue played a part in this incident. We were scheduled for three legs and a 10 hour duty day. The third leg ZZZ1-ZZZ led to holding for about 30 minutes. We started an approach then the visibility went below legal. We diverted to ZZZ2 which had been planned while in holding with dispatch. In ZZZ2 Dispatch agreed we would wait out until weather cleared up. The gateway got us some food since we hadn't eaten since XHpm the day before. This pairing had no catering scheduled. We had about 2 hours in ZZZ3 before our flight to ZZZ1. We got the green light to continue back to ZZZ when the incident occurred. I believe we had been on duty close to 13 hours at that point. The weather had improved and the approach seemed stable and touchdown normal. Due to the three MELs we elected to use flaps thirty on all of three flights. The left thrust reverser; all anti skid protection; auto brakes; CAT 3 downgraded; and 1 GPS were all MELd. I believe when I pulled up the 1 reverser I must have applied too much braking action. In hind sight; I wish I had just rolled long and never touched the brakes; however the other 2 legs had been uneventful with flaps 30; 1 thrust reverser; and manual braking with no anti skid or auto brakes.
While on the landing roll; the aircraft blew two of the left main tires. I was unaware of the situation until ATC advised that we had blown tires. The aircraft did not yaw nor show any signs of major vibrations. The Captain was able to exit the runway and bring the plane to a stop on the taxiway. I called the gate way to request a Mechanic and tug for further assistance. Factors that contributed to the blown tires were two MEL's and the possible fatigue factor of the crew. The aircraft had an MEL that resulted in the anti-skid protection being completely inop. Added to no anti skid protection; the aircraft had the left Thrust Reverser pined inop. We also had an MEL for one GPS inop; did not factor into approach as this was VFR backed up with ILS. Fatigue played a factor too. The night started in ZZZ3 with duty time XA:10 local (XF:10Z) First leg was flown to ZZZ2. We had a couple of hours in ZZZ2 where we picked up this tail to fly ZZZ2 - ZZZ1 then onto ZZZ. The landing at ZZZ1 was uneventful. The flight from ZZZ1 - ZZZ resulted in holding for weather below 1800 RVR; followed by a partial approach when RVR went to 2400 then a missed approach when RVR dropped back to 1200. The missed was flown to new alternate from the company at ZZZ4. Landing at ZZZ4 we were advised of new advisory to operate back to ZZZ. At the time of advisory the weather at ZZZ was 200 ft. and low visibility. At this time we had been operating with out a meal since dinner at around XE:00 local time ZZZ; over 12 hrs. We did request some food from the gateway at ZZZ4 and they were great in making this happen. We were able to depart ZZZ4 flying back to ZZZ and do a visual approach. On this landing the two left main tires blew.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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