Narrative:

On landing at laguardia, lowered nose of widebody transport to runway. Right nose tire blew followed by left nose tire and disintegration of nose wheels. Aircraft swerved on nose strut and was kept on runway by aggressive thrust reversing and braking. Aircraft was on speed, GS and centerline at touchdown. Landing was normal but nosewheel appeared to fall through faster than normal. Further investigation found some other aircraft's compressor blade on runway which matched cuts in right nose tire. Crash crew was on scene in 10 seconds. Crew chief advised that there was no fire -- therefore, we did not evacuate/evacuation. Supplemental information from acn 208418: we were following an air carrier aircraft that had called emergency equipment out because of an apparent hot brake condition. I'm not sure of the details but the emergency equipment was at the side of the runway waiting to cross as we landed. The aircraft came to a stop at the intersection of runway 31-13 and we heard the right main tires blow. Captain told me to talk to passenger. I started the APU and told the passenger to remain seated that we had blown a tire on landing and would not be able to move the aircraft and that they would see emergency equipment outside the aircraft. I opened the cockpit door so that I could monitor the cabin. I called company and asked then to send airstairs and busses to deplane the passenger while the captain and first officer communicated with the tower and emergency equipment. All engines were shut down as soon as the APU was on line by the first officer. He did not want to panic the passenger with an interruption of power in the cabin. The airstairs arrived and we deplaned the passenger. No one was hurt or bruised and many of the passenger commented that they did not know anything was wrong until I made my PA. The flight attendants did an excellent job waiting for the cockpit commands and did not panic. The captain walked through the cabin to calm the passenger and then deplaned to inspect the aircraft. As I left the aircraft (all passenger were off) I was surprised to find that not only were the nose tires missing, but the wheels were gone and the aircraft was sitting on the ground on its axle shaft. The captain had inspected the runway and told us from the skid marks it looked like the right nose tire and wheel exploded at touchdown. Despite the missing and blown tires there was little damage to the aircraft. There was some sheet metal damage near the wheel well and the #3 engine cowling. We left the aircraft and went to operations and meet with the FAA representative and waited for the NTSB. We met with the NTSB and the FAA the next day at newark and then deadheaded back to atl and met with the chief pilot. The chief pilot informed us that they had found an engine turbine blade on the runway and it looked like that might have caused the failure of the right tire and wheel. Apparently an air carrier lost an engine on takeoff 2 days prior on runway 4. In summary, I believe that the approach and landing was stabilized and normal and did not contribute to this incident. I think the captain did an outstanding job of stopping the aircraft and assessing the situation that resulted in the passenger deplaning the aircraft with no injuries and minimal damage to the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACR ACFT NOSE TIRES RAN OVER A METAL ENG COMPRESSOR BLADE DURING LNDG RESULTING IN BLOWING OUT BOTH TIRES ON LNDG ROLLOUT.

Narrative: ON LNDG AT LAGUARDIA, LOWERED NOSE OF WDB TO RWY. R NOSE TIRE BLEW FOLLOWED BY L NOSE TIRE AND DISINTEGRATION OF NOSE WHEELS. ACFT SWERVED ON NOSE STRUT AND WAS KEPT ON RWY BY AGGRESSIVE THRUST REVERSING AND BRAKING. ACFT WAS ON SPD, GS AND CTRLINE AT TOUCHDOWN. LNDG WAS NORMAL BUT NOSEWHEEL APPEARED TO FALL THROUGH FASTER THAN NORMAL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND SOME OTHER ACFT'S COMPRESSOR BLADE ON RWY WHICH MATCHED CUTS IN R NOSE TIRE. CRASH CREW WAS ON SCENE IN 10 SECONDS. CREW CHIEF ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE -- THEREFORE, WE DID NOT EVAC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 208418: WE WERE FOLLOWING AN ACR ACFT THAT HAD CALLED EMER EQUIP OUT BECAUSE OF AN APPARENT HOT BRAKE CONDITION. I'M NOT SURE OF THE DETAILS BUT THE EMER EQUIP WAS AT THE SIDE OF THE RWY WAITING TO CROSS AS WE LANDED. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP AT THE INTXN OF RWY 31-13 AND WE HEARD THE R MAIN TIRES BLOW. CAPT TOLD ME TO TALK TO PAX. I STARTED THE APU AND TOLD THE PAX TO REMAIN SEATED THAT WE HAD BLOWN A TIRE ON LNDG AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE THE ACFT AND THAT THEY WOULD SEE EMER EQUIP OUTSIDE THE ACFT. I OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR SO THAT I COULD MONITOR THE CABIN. I CALLED COMPANY AND ASKED THEN TO SEND AIRSTAIRS AND BUSSES TO DEPLANE THE PAX WHILE THE CAPT AND FO COMMUNICATED WITH THE TWR AND EMER EQUIP. ALL ENGS WERE SHUT DOWN AS SOON AS THE APU WAS ON LINE BY THE FO. HE DID NOT WANT TO PANIC THE PAX WITH AN INTERRUPTION OF PWR IN THE CABIN. THE AIRSTAIRS ARRIVED AND WE DEPLANED THE PAX. NO ONE WAS HURT OR BRUISED AND MANY OF THE PAX COMMENTED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL I MADE MY PA. THE FLT ATTENDANTS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WAITING FOR THE COCKPIT COMMANDS AND DID NOT PANIC. THE CAPT WALKED THROUGH THE CABIN TO CALM THE PAX AND THEN DEPLANED TO INSPECT THE ACFT. AS I LEFT THE ACFT (ALL PAX WERE OFF) I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT NOT ONLY WERE THE NOSE TIRES MISSING, BUT THE WHEELS WERE GONE AND THE ACFT WAS SITTING ON THE GND ON ITS AXLE SHAFT. THE CAPT HAD INSPECTED THE RWY AND TOLD US FROM THE SKID MARKS IT LOOKED LIKE THE R NOSE TIRE AND WHEEL EXPLODED AT TOUCHDOWN. DESPITE THE MISSING AND BLOWN TIRES THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THERE WAS SOME SHEET METAL DAMAGE NEAR THE WHEEL WELL AND THE #3 ENG COWLING. WE LEFT THE ACFT AND WENT TO OPS AND MEET WITH THE FAA REPRESENTATIVE AND WAITED FOR THE NTSB. WE MET WITH THE NTSB AND THE FAA THE NEXT DAY AT NEWARK AND THEN DEADHEADED BACK TO ATL AND MET WITH THE CHIEF PLT. THE CHIEF PLT INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD FOUND AN ENG TURBINE BLADE ON THE RWY AND IT LOOKED LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE R TIRE AND WHEEL. APPARENTLY AN ACR LOST AN ENG ON TKOF 2 DAYS PRIOR ON RWY 4. IN SUMMARY, I BELIEVE THAT THE APCH AND LNDG WAS STABILIZED AND NORMAL AND DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT. I THINK THE CAPT DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF STOPPING THE ACFT AND ASSESSING THE SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN THE PAX DEPLANING THE ACFT WITH NO INJURIES AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.