2009-08 · NASA ASRS report 850342
A B757-200's anti-skid malfunctioned on landing causing two tires to shred; one to go flat and allowed the crew to taxi to the gate without any indication of tire or brake difficulties.
This event was brought to my attention by the crew that I turned the aircraft over to. The crew called me at home to tell me that on their walk around they found two blown tires on the left main truck. The crew told me that the two tires were completely shredded. This really surprised me; as I had no indication on taxi in that there was anything abnormal. The approach and landing was made to Runway 04; 1;000 FT ceiling; light rain with winds 100 at 8 KTS. Auto brakes 3 selected. Touchdown was in the first 800 FT. Normal touchdown. As we rolled through Runway 04/13 intersection; auto brakes were off; and speed was less than 60 KTS. I applied manual brakes to turn off and felt anti-skid releasing; which surprised me; but had always been told that the braking action out on the pier was poor. Taxiing to gate was uneventful. No pulling. No vibration. No extra power needed to taxi. Two aircraft landed after us and no report of tire debris on runway. Parked at gate. No indication from ground crew that anything was abnormal. Completed checklists; signed logbook and left. Maintenance told crew that the aircraft had a previous anti-skid write-up with tire damage.
On arrival to LGA today Captain flew the ILS Runway 4 and had a very nice and smooth landing. During the approach and landing the windshield wipers were used due to the light rain. Auto brakes were set to 3. On touchdown Captain applied reverse thrust and the airplane slowed normally. At approximately 10 KTS the auto brakes went off and we continued to slow normally with manual braking. Since we were not quite slow enough to turn off prior to the Runway 13 we passed the intersection. Once on the other side of the Runway 13 intersection at approximately 60 KTS or less the anti-skid activated a couple times. We were unable to make the first turn after the runway as well. I told the Tower that the braking had been good but not as good at this end. They asked me to clarify and asked exactly what the braking action was. The Captain said poor. We taxied clear of the runway and to the gate normally. After parking we completed the parking checklist and we both left to go home. Later this evening I received a call from the Captain telling me that the next crew found the airplane had 2 blown tires and a flat tire. Until this call I had no idea there was anything wrong with the airplane. We thought it was strange that the anti-skid had activated at a slow speed but thought it was due to the wet runway and there seems to be a lot of rubber on that end. During taxi the airplane did not pull to one side nor were there any abnormal noises. Nothing was reported from the flight attendants. The Captain said the aircraft taxied normally and did not require any additional power. We were completely unaware that anything had happened to the tires on the landing. The airplane was taken out of service and the new crew looked through the logbook. I was told that about 3 weeks ago a crew had a problem with the anti-skid as well and blew tires in Miami but I did not read that far back in the history myself.
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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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