A300 flight crew reported the number seven and eight tires failed while approaching their parking sp...

Attributes
ACN	1382020
Time
Date	201608
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 77 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Normal flight and landing. Landed in touchdown zone and exited at second high speed taxiway. Normal braking was observed during landing and brake fans were turned on upon exiting runway. During taxi-in crew discussed #8 brake indication since it was lower than all the other brake indications. #8 brake was reading 85 while all the others were reading approximately 190-220. During taxi-in no brake dragging was noticed. After an approximate 5 minute taxi we entered our ramp and turned into the parking spot. Halfway into the parking spot and aligned on the taxi line both 7 & 8 main tires blew with a large bang. The aircraft was then shut down and the mechanic informed crew that two main tires had just blown out. Approximately 3 min after occurrence brake temps were noted with brake fans being off for approximately 3-4 minutes: 1-250. 2-270. 3-250. 4-190. 5-230. 6-230. 7-240. 8-85. Crew exited aircraft and discussed tire situation with mechanic. Mechanic asked if crew had put anything in logbook as of yet. I told him crew had not put it in the logbook and did he want us or him to put the write up in the logbook. He said he would make the entry in the logbook. In hindsight the crew should have entered the write up in the logbook not the mechanic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 flight crew reported the number seven and eight tires failed while approaching their parking spot after landing. The brake fans were turned on after landing and brake temperatures were noted to be normal except number eight which was low at 85 degrees.

Narrative: Normal flight and landing. Landed in touchdown zone and exited at second high speed taxiway. Normal braking was observed during landing and brake fans were turned on upon exiting runway. During taxi-in crew discussed #8 brake indication since it was lower than all the other brake indications. #8 brake was reading 85 while all the others were reading approximately 190-220. During taxi-in no brake dragging was noticed. After an approximate 5 minute taxi we entered our ramp and turned into the parking spot. Halfway into the parking spot and aligned on the taxi line both 7 & 8 main tires blew with a large bang. The aircraft was then shut down and the mechanic informed crew that two main tires had just blown out. Approximately 3 min after occurrence brake temps were noted with brake fans being off for approximately 3-4 minutes: 1-250. 2-270. 3-250. 4-190. 5-230. 6-230. 7-240. 8-85. Crew exited aircraft and discussed tire situation with mechanic. Mechanic asked if crew had put anything in logbook as of yet. I told him crew had not put it in the logbook and did he want us or him to put the write up in the logbook. He said he would make the entry in the logbook. In hindsight the crew should have entered the write up in the logbook not the mechanic.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.