SA34 FLT CREW SUFFERS BLOWN RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRES ON LANDING.

Date: 2007-08 · Aircraft: SF 340B · Phase: landing

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe

Synopsis

SA34 FLT CREW SUFFERS BLOWN RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRES ON LANDING.

Narrative

WE WERE COMING IN ON A VFR DAY ON FOR A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG. I WAS FLYING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE APCH AND TOUCHDOWN WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL AND ON PROFILE INCLUDING DSCNT RATE; PITCH ATTITUDE AND TARGET SPDS. I NOTICED THAT AFTER WE TOUCHED DOWN AND STARTED THE ROLLOUT THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE AIRPLANE STARTED VEERING TO THE R AND WAS HARD TO MAINTAIN DIRECTION CTL ON THE RWY. I WAS PUTTING IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF L RUDDER AND I TOLD THE CAPT THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. AT THAT POINT HE TOOK OVER AND WE STARTED TO COME TO A STOP. THE CAPT BROUGHT THE AIRPLANE TO A STOP AND INFORMED TWR THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAXI CLR OF THE RWY. THE TWR NOTIFIED AARF AND I CONTACTED THE COMPANY AND MAINT TO LET THEM KNOW AND GET A TUG TO GET TOWED OFF THE RWY. AARF CAME AND INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND NOTIFIED US THAT THE R MAIN TIRES APPEARED TO HAVE BLOWN OUT. NOTHING WAS ON FIRE AND THERE WAS NO SMOKE. THE COMPANY CAME OUT WITH A TUG AND AT THAT POINT WE GOT TOWED CLR OF THE RWY. WE USED THE STAIRS TO DEPLANE AND A SHUTTLE BROUGHT THE PAX AND THE FLT ATTENDANT TO THE TERMINAL. THE CAPT AND I STAYED WITH THE AIRPLANE WHILE WE WERE TUGGED THE REST OF THE WAY TO A NEARBY GATE. THE CAPT AND I DISCUSSED IT AND WE BOTH AGREED IT WAS A TOTAL NORMAL APCH AND LNDG. THE MAINT WORKERS WHO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SUGGESTED THAT THE TIRES LOOKED TO BE RECAPPED AND THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BLOWOUT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.