The flight crew of a md-80 reported hearing a noise coming from the aircraft landing gear. A mechani...

Narrative:

First officer (first officer) landing. On speed normal landing; smooth touchdown on [the] runway. About 3-5 seconds after landing; felt a grab as if autobrakes were being applied; but the aircraft had none installed. Exiting runway on taxiway foxtrot heading to [the] gate the tower asked if we were ok. We asked them to clarify. They said they saw a puff of smoke from the right main landing gear; heard a bang and that our right outboard main landing gear tire appeared to be flat. All brake temperatures were normal and no annunciator lights illuminated. Post flight inspection by flight crew discovered right outboard main landing gear tire had ruptured and the tread had separated. Captain called station ops; maintenance operations control and flight dispatcher to report the event and made the appropriate [maintenance] entry. The contract maintenance tech witnessed the event occurring and stated that either the anti-lock brake system had failed after landing locking up the wheel or that the tire had simply failed. Flight attendants in the main cabin reported feeling a small lurch and heard a bang after landing.maintenance action performed to the repair the aircraft was not available in the history when this report was submitted. The suspected cause was mechanical failure of the anti-lock brake system or tire failure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The flight crew of a MD-80 reported hearing a noise coming from the aircraft landing gear. A Mechanic suspected an antiskid malfunction locked a brake which resulted in a tire failure.

Narrative: First Officer (FO) landing. On speed normal landing; smooth touchdown on [the] runway. About 3-5 seconds after landing; felt a grab as if autobrakes were being applied; but the aircraft had none installed. Exiting runway on taxiway foxtrot heading to [the] gate the tower asked if we were OK. We asked them to clarify. They said they saw a puff of smoke from the right main landing gear; heard a bang and that our right outboard main landing gear tire appeared to be flat. All brake temperatures were normal and no annunciator lights illuminated. Post flight inspection by flight crew discovered right outboard main landing gear tire had ruptured and the tread had separated. Captain called station ops; maintenance operations control and flight dispatcher to report the event and made the appropriate [maintenance] entry. The contract maintenance tech witnessed the event occurring and stated that either the anti-lock brake system had failed after landing locking up the wheel or that the tire had simply failed. Flight attendants in the main cabin reported feeling a small lurch and heard a bang after landing.Maintenance action performed to the repair the aircraft was not available in the history when this report was submitted. The suspected cause was mechanical failure of the anti-lock brake system or tire failure.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1464123
Time
Date	201707
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Antiskid System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

The flight crew of a md-80 reported hearing a noise coming from the aircraft landing gear. A mechanic suspected an antiskid malfunction locked a brake which resulted in a tire failure.