EMB145 flight crew is informed after landing by the Tower that smoke and flames are coming from the right main gear. An evacuation is initiated out the main entry door on to the taxiway. No injuries are reported.
Synopsis
EMB145 flight crew is informed after landing by the Tower that smoke and flames are coming from the right main gear. An evacuation is initiated out the main entry door on to the taxiway. No injuries are reported.
Narrative
After landing; we proceeded to clear the runway. Tower notified us that our gear was smoking. We immediately called for the CFR equipment and came to a stop. I notified the Flight Attendant to be ready for a ground evacuation just in case and asked the First Officer to look for an appropriate checklist. At this time we noticed a significant amount of smoke passing the cockpit windows. I asked Tower again about the smoke and they notified us that there was a lot of it along with flames from the right-hand main landing gear. I notified Tower that we were going to evacuate and called the Flight Attendant to start the evacuation out the main door since it was the farthest from the fire. I told the First Officer to grab the fire extinguisher and get outside to assist with the deplaning and to gather the people away from the aircraft. As he did this; I accomplished the Ground Evacuation checklist located on the side clipboard. After all the passengers and Flight Attendant were off; I walked through the cabin checking each seat and the lavatory to make sure it was indeed clear before exiting the aircraft. The First Officer had gathered the passengers a safe distance away so I joined them and made sure no one was injured. There were no serious injuries to report.
Second reporter narrative
While we were exiting the runway; ATC told us there was smoke coming from the right main gear. The Captain stopped the airplane and called for CFR and asked me to get emergency checklist. After seeing smoke and confirming from Tower that the right main gear was on fire; the Captain called the Flight Attendant and ordered a ground evacuation; and asked me to get the fire extinguisher and assist with passengers getting out the airplane and getting them away from flames and smoke.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.