Service difficulty report · Tires · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
September 7, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N602AU
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22196
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tires
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BOS - FLT 2325 - ON LANDING AT BOS, ALL FOUR RIGHT MLG TIRES BLEW. TOWER REPORTED TO THE CREW THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE WHEEL WELL. CRASH CREWS MET THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED ON THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS, MOST NOTABLY THE LOWER CYLINDER AND TRUCK ASSEMBLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING WITH THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM AND THE RIGHT THRUST REVERSER ON MEL. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO BE THAT ON THE WET RUNWAY UNDER THE SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT THE RIGHT SIDE BRAKES LOCKED, CAUSING THE TIRES TO BLOW AND SUBSEQUENTLY CATCH FIRE. (M)