The four main tires of a DA2000 shredded on landing after a long flight in an aircraft that had been parked with the wheels in ice; slush and snow. Ice frozen brakes are suspected.
Synopsis
The four main tires of a DA2000 shredded on landing after a long flight in an aircraft that had been parked with the wheels in ice; slush and snow. Ice frozen brakes are suspected.
Narrative
Departed after significant snow event occurred. Ramp and taxiways had slush and standing water. Runway was bare and wet; no contamination. During taxi out [we used] 3 wheel brake applications used to heat the brakes. After takeoff gear retraction delayed for approximately :20 seconds. Flight time was 4:50. Gear selected down and indicated 3 green. Parking brake extended to the second detent 3 times and stowed. A few seconds later BRAKE annunciator illuminated. Minelco's checked and right-hand brake Minelco was red. Runway length was not a factor so we continued the approach and landed. Approximately 10 seconds after touchdown the main gear tires failed. Mitigating factor could be the aircraft had been parked for 16 hours on the ramp which had 1 inch of slush and standing water. When aircraft has been subjected to standing water for a period of time the aircraft should be moved to a hangar or dry area for a period of time so brakes can dry. After the fact this appears as another one of those events that occurred.
Second reporter narrative
I flew and came back to the aircraft twelve hours later. The aircraft was covered in a 1/2 to 3/4 inch of ice from a storm that had come into the area the night prior and as such delayed our departure several hours. The ramp was covered by an inch or more of frozen ice and slush and the FBO was able to deice the aircraft after using 787 gallons of type one fluid. After deicing procedures were completed we were able to preflight and service the aircraft for our departure to pick up passengers. Upon taxi out and take off we performed the brake heating and land gear contamination removal procedures and landed with out issue. We then picked up our passengers and did the same procedures again for our flight to our final destination. After a 4:50 flight we were cleared to land on Runway 35 and performed the brake check as we had done earlier. The Captain touches the aircraft down very smoothly and just after that we both felt a vibration coming from the right gear. We both thought that a tire had gone down but the vibration continued to get greater and he was able to stop the aircraft on the center line on the runway. I contacted the Tower to tell them of our gear issue and we then continued with the proper checklists. Once we were able to get out of the aircraft we saw that all four main tires had shredded on the rims. The Flight Attendant did a very nice job of taking care of the passengers after the landing role out and no evacuation was needed. No one was injured and Maintenance was able to remove the aircraft from the runway after sometime later that night.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.