Nose wheel tires blew on landing and rollout.

Attributes
ACN	131327
Time
Date	198912
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 280
ASRS Report	131327
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On landing the nose wheel steering system faulted causing both nose tire to fail. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: runway was snow covered and we did not feel anything unusual until after nose wheel had been on runway and we were slowed to about 80 KTS. Nose wheel sits quite a ways behind the cockpit. We thought we heard the tires blow and there was difficulty steering but we got off the runway and then called for help. Apparently we had a nose wheel fault but we did not see the warning until we suspected a nose wheel problem. Am told there is an accumulating history of nose wheel faults on this aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NOSE WHEEL TIRES BLEW ON LNDG AND ROLLOUT.

Narrative: ON LNDG THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM FAULTED CAUSING BOTH NOSE TIRE TO FAIL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RWY WAS SNOW COVERED AND WE DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING UNUSUAL UNTIL AFTER NOSE WHEEL HAD BEEN ON RWY AND WE WERE SLOWED TO ABOUT 80 KTS. NOSE WHEEL SITS QUITE A WAYS BEHIND THE COCKPIT. WE THOUGHT WE HEARD THE TIRES BLOW AND THERE WAS DIFFICULTY STEERING BUT WE GOT OFF THE RWY AND THEN CALLED FOR HELP. APPARENTLY WE HAD A NOSE WHEEL FAULT BUT WE DID NOT SEE THE WARNING UNTIL WE SUSPECTED A NOSE WHEEL PROBLEM. AM TOLD THERE IS AN ACCUMULATING HISTORY OF NOSE WHEEL FAULTS ON THIS ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.