Narrative:

This report is being filed as I was contacted by the airlines on jan/mon/07 with regards to my involvement with the situation below. In oct/2005 I was working as a lead technician for maintenance at ZZZ airport. I was contacted by another airline to evaluate and assist in removing an aircraft that was stuck on an active runway at ZZZ. The aircraft landed and came to a stop with both nose landing gear tires blown out and wheel rims partially ground down. Maintenance control was advised that non normal jacking of the aircraft would be required to change both nose tires and clear aircraft from the runway. The nose landing gear jack point was imbedded in the cement. To place the jack for wheel removal the nose landing gear strut would have to be raised by alternate jacking. Air carrier nose jacks were not readily available. A combination of wood beams and 2 jacks were used to raise the nose landing gear strut. Then a jack was placed under the nose landing gear jacking point. The nose tires were replaced and aircraft towed to the gate. I was in constant contact with maintenance control for approval of jacking and guidance with logbook entries to cover installation of nose landing gear tires (to facilitate movement of aircraft off runway) and required inspection of the nose landing gear. All associated amm paperwork was faxed to us and received. The local port authority/authorized airport manager was on scene. The runway was closed and there was great time pressure to reopen the affected runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A319 ON LNDG HAD NOSE LNDG GEAR TIRES BLOW OUT; GROUND DOWN WHEELS AND BLOCKED RWY. CONTRACT LEAD TECHNICIAN USED NON STANDARD PROC FOR JACKING TO ALLOW NOSE GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE REPLACEMENT.

Narrative: THIS RPT IS BEING FILED AS I WAS CONTACTED BY THE AIRLINES ON JAN/MON/07 WITH REGARDS TO MY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SITUATION BELOW. IN OCT/2005 I WAS WORKING AS A LEAD TECHNICIAN FOR MAINT AT ZZZ ARPT. I WAS CONTACTED BY ANOTHER AIRLINE TO EVALUATE AND ASSIST IN REMOVING AN ACFT THAT WAS STUCK ON AN ACTIVE RWY AT ZZZ. THE ACFT LANDED AND CAME TO A STOP WITH BOTH NOSE LNDG GEAR TIRES BLOWN OUT AND WHEEL RIMS PARTIALLY GROUND DOWN. MAINT CTL WAS ADVISED THAT NON NORMAL JACKING OF THE ACFT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CHANGE BOTH NOSE TIRES AND CLR ACFT FROM THE RWY. THE NOSE LNDG GEAR JACK POINT WAS IMBEDDED IN THE CEMENT. TO PLACE THE JACK FOR WHEEL REMOVAL THE NOSE LNDG GEAR STRUT WOULD HAVE TO BE RAISED BY ALTERNATE JACKING. ACR NOSE JACKS WERE NOT READILY AVAILABLE. A COMBINATION OF WOOD BEAMS AND 2 JACKS WERE USED TO RAISE THE NOSE LNDG GEAR STRUT. THEN A JACK WAS PLACED UNDER THE NOSE LNDG GEAR JACKING POINT. THE NOSE TIRES WERE REPLACED AND ACFT TOWED TO THE GATE. I WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MAINT CTL FOR APPROVAL OF JACKING AND GUIDANCE WITH LOGBOOK ENTRIES TO COVER INSTALLATION OF NOSE LNDG GEAR TIRES (TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF ACFT OFF RWY) AND REQUIRED INSPECTION OF THE NOSE LNDG GEAR. ALL ASSOCIATED AMM PAPERWORK WAS FAXED TO US AND RECEIVED. THE LCL PORT AUTH ARPT MGR WAS ON SCENE. THE RWY WAS CLOSED AND THERE WAS GREAT TIME PRESSURE TO REOPEN THE AFFECTED RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.