Service difficulty report · Tire · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 25, 2018
Submitted
March 26, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N595FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48553
Aircraft time
82,684 hours, 16,557 cycles
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Cntr Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, PASSING APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FT, RECEIVED A LVL 1 TIRE PRESSURE LOW ALERT. CALLED UP CONFIG SYNOPTIC AND OBSERVED LEFT CENTER TIRE PRESSURE FALLING RAPIDLY FROM APPROX 100 - 120 TO 0. LVL 2 TIRE FAIL ALERT WITH PRESSURE PASSING APPROXIMATELY 30. CHECKED QRH 13-03-09 AND SIMULTANEOUSLY NOTED BRAKE TEMP CTR LT, RISING RAPIDLY. RECEIVED A LVL 2 BRAKE OVERHEAT. STARTED DESCENT AND SLOWED TO LOWER GEAR. MAX TEMP OBSERVED 550 DEGREE. KEPT GEAR DOWN UNTIL TEMP REACHED APPROXIMATELY 250 DEGREES, TRIED RAISING GEAR, TEMP IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO RISE. LOWERED THE GEAR AND COOLED BRAKE TO APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES. RAISED GEAR AGAIN, MAX BRAKE TEMP THEN AT 120 DEGREES. UNEVENFULL LANDING. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, TIRE FLAT.

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