Narrative:

After turning onto [the] taxiway from spot xx; and then taxiing for a few seconds; we felt the aircraft shudder. I asked the first officer (first officer) 'what was that'; as brakes were applied. Taxi speed at time of event was around 10-12 knots. As we rolled to a stop; we received a master caution light; followed by tire different pressure and tire pressure low alerts. Configure page showed no representation for tire 3; and low pressure for tire 2. Brakes were held manually until maintenance arrived at the aircraft and told us to set brakes. We shut down engines and were under maintenance control from this point forward.it appears that the wheel hub assembly and brake assembly on tire 3 failed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-11 pilots reported wheel assembly and tire failure during taxi.

Narrative: After turning onto [the] taxiway from spot XX; and then taxiing for a few seconds; we felt the aircraft shudder. I asked the FO (First Officer) 'what was that'; as brakes were applied. Taxi speed at time of event was around 10-12 knots. As we rolled to a stop; we received a master caution light; followed by tire different pressure and tire pressure low alerts. Configure page showed no representation for tire 3; and low pressure for tire 2. Brakes were held manually until maintenance arrived at the aircraft and told us to set brakes. We shut down engines and were under maintenance control from this point forward.It appears that the wheel hub assembly and brake assembly on tire 3 failed.

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.