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A B727 failed right main gear tires on taxi in due to heavy landing weight, high altitude airport and high temperature.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 518007 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abq.airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| ASRS Report | 518002 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airport Aircraft Weather |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After landing on runway 8, taxiing in to the gate the 2 right main tires deflated. Suspected cause: heavy landing weight at high elevation airport caused fuse plugs on outboard tire to fail resulting in flat, which in turn caused the inboard to blow out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 FAILED R MAIN GEAR TIRES ON TAXI IN DUE TO HVY LNDG WT, HIGH ALT ARPT AND HIGH TEMP.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 8, TAXIING IN TO THE GATE THE 2 R MAIN TIRES DEFLATED. SUSPECTED CAUSE: HVY LNDG WT AT HIGH ELEVATION ARPT CAUSED FUSE PLUGS ON OUTBOARD TIRE TO FAIL RESULTING IN FLAT, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE INBOARD TO BLOW OUT.
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.