Flight attendant report, S80, ind-dfw, taxi-in, 2 tires blown on left side, no emergency declared.

Attributes
ACN	443239
Time
Date	199906
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw.tower
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 29 flight attendant time total : 29 flight attendant time type : 100
ASRS Report	443239
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : number 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Normal landing -- not a hard landing, taxi in a ways and then a thump on l-hand side of aircraft. Both tires were totally flat with gouges missing, steel showing, aircraft tipped at left angle, people deplaned through aft airstairs to buses to go to terminal. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that there was no panic among the passenger, because the captain told them that the fire trucks that met the plane were a precaution. When the cabin crew got off the plane, they were surprised that there were such gaping holes. The metal on the tires on taxi didn't cause enough friction to start a fire, she said. The captain never figured out what happened to blow the tires.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, S80, IND-DFW, TAXI-IN, 2 TIRES BLOWN ON L SIDE, NO EMER DECLARED.

Narrative: NORMAL LNDG -- NOT A HARD LNDG, TAXI IN A WAYS AND THEN A THUMP ON L-HAND SIDE OF ACFT. BOTH TIRES WERE TOTALLY FLAT WITH GOUGES MISSING, STEEL SHOWING, ACFT TIPPED AT L ANGLE, PEOPLE DEPLANED THROUGH AFT AIRSTAIRS TO BUSES TO GO TO TERMINAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PANIC AMONG THE PAX, BECAUSE THE CAPT TOLD THEM THAT THE FIRE TRUCKS THAT MET THE PLANE WERE A PRECAUTION. WHEN THE CABIN CREW GOT OFF THE PLANE, THEY WERE SURPRISED THAT THERE WERE SUCH GAPING HOLES. THE METAL ON THE TIRES ON TAXI DIDN'T CAUSE ENOUGH FRICTION TO START A FIRE, SHE SAID. THE CAPT NEVER FIGURED OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO BLOW THE TIRES.

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.