Narrative:

Captain was pilot flying and first officer was pilot not flying. While enroute; the captain decided to land runway 26 and perform a 20 flap; medium brake landing; due to forecast gusty crosswinds. ATIS reported that the winds were no longer gusty; however; the captain decided to continue the planned 20 flap/medium brake for practice. I recall; on approach; tower called the winds less than 10 KTS at a crosswind. The captain's landing was firm (not more than I have seen before) and the autobrakes activated quickly (as they normally do with medium brakes.). The captain disengaged the autobrakes around 110 KTS by pressing the brakes and slowed the aircraft normally. While still on the runway the ECAM chimed and showed the left cabin door open warning. After I cleared that warning; the ECAM chimed again with the hot brakes warning. I noticed then that the left wheel trunk temps were orange and the right were yellow; but I can't recall the actual temps. This all occurred right prior to our turn to exit the runway. I turned on the brake fans and responded to tower's taxi instructions; then performed the after landing check. While taxiing in; tower revised our taxi instructions as the ECAM chimed again for the cabin door. The ECAM cleared itself again as we approached our turn to cross the runway into the ramp. It was as we were crossing the runway I noticed the left trunk showed temps at 650-700; and informed the captain. We continued into the ramp since we were so close and parked. The captain attempted to call maintenance to warn them of the hot brakes but didn't get an answer over the radio or the intercom after buzzing mechanic call horn. Maintenance came up and informed us that we had 3 blown tires (later the fourth blew as well.) he later explained that 2 of the tires were showing low (not completely flat) as we taxied in and that the other 2 looked fine. All 4 ended up flat.my guess that the autobrakes overheated the left side and caused the fuse plugs to blow.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 Captain performed a practice flaps 20; autobrake medium landing and while taxiing to the gate the left truck brakes recorded high temperatures. Ultimately four tires deflated with melted fuses.

Narrative: Captain was pilot flying and First Officer was pilot not flying. While enroute; the Captain decided to land Runway 26 and perform a 20 flap; medium brake landing; due to forecast gusty crosswinds. ATIS reported that the winds were no longer gusty; however; the Captain decided to continue the planned 20 flap/medium brake for practice. I recall; on approach; Tower called the winds less than 10 KTS at a crosswind. The Captain's landing was firm (not more than I have seen before) and the autobrakes activated quickly (as they normally do with medium brakes.). The Captain disengaged the autobrakes around 110 KTS by pressing the brakes and slowed the aircraft normally. While still on the runway the ECAM chimed and showed the Left Cabin Door open warning. After I cleared that warning; the ECAM chimed again with the Hot Brakes warning. I noticed then that the left wheel trunk temps were orange and the right were yellow; but I can't recall the actual temps. This all occurred right prior to our turn to exit the runway. I turned on the brake fans and responded to Tower's taxi instructions; then performed the after landing check. While taxiing in; Tower revised our taxi instructions as the ECAM chimed again for the cabin door. The ECAM cleared itself again as we approached our turn to cross the runway into the ramp. It was as we were crossing the runway I noticed the left trunk showed temps at 650-700; and informed the Captain. We continued into the ramp since we were so close and parked. The Captain attempted to call Maintenance to warn them of the hot brakes but didn't get an answer over the radio or the intercom after buzzing mechanic call horn. Maintenance came up and informed us that we had 3 blown tires (later the fourth blew as well.) He later explained that 2 of the tires were showing low (not completely flat) as we taxied in and that the other 2 looked fine. All 4 ended up flat.My guess that the autobrakes overheated the left side and caused the fuse plugs to blow.

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.