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A300 flight crew reported a main gear tire exploded in cruise at FL320 causing damage to the wheel well door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1210649 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Main Gear Tire |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter FOD |
Narrative:
At FL320 a loud bang was heard and felt. Right main gear door warning light and overspeed warning. No other indications. QRH was followed and complied with. Got new burn numbers from [operations] and continued with only gear door warning. On touchdown we could feel the right main rumble. We rolled to the end and cleared [the runway]. Aircraft was towed to parking. We discovered a large hole in the wheel well door and a large hole in the outside tire on the right main gear. Cause: fault in tire or we picked up something on takeoff roll.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 flight crew reported a main gear tire exploded in cruise at FL320 causing damage to the wheel well door.
Narrative: At FL320 a loud bang was heard and felt. Right main gear door warning light and overspeed warning. No other indications. QRH was followed and complied with. Got new burn numbers from [Operations] and continued with only gear door warning. On touchdown we could feel the right main rumble. We rolled to the end and cleared [the runway]. Aircraft was towed to parking. We discovered a large hole in the wheel well door and a large hole in the outside tire on the right main gear. Cause: Fault in tire or we picked up something on takeoff roll.
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.