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ATR72 flight crew has unstabilized landing and causes the main landing gear tires to ignite into flames causing an evacuate/evacuation at atl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 591445 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 270 |
| ASRS Report | 591445 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated controller : issued alert |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Normal approach runway 9R. Normal touchdown, aircraft started yawing to the left. Captain reported full rudder. Tower called and advised tires were on fire. Proceeded to evacuate aircraft. Evacuate/evacuation was uneventful. At this time the suspected cause for the tires blowing was a failure of the anti-skid system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATR72 FLT CREW HAS UNSTABILIZED LNDG AND CAUSES THE MAIN LNDG GEAR TIRES TO IGNITE INTO FLAMES CAUSING AN EVAC AT ATL.
Narrative: NORMAL APCH RWY 9R. NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, ACFT STARTED YAWING TO THE L. CAPT RPTED FULL RUDDER. TWR CALLED AND ADVISED TIRES WERE ON FIRE. PROCEEDED TO EVACUATE ACFT. EVAC WAS UNEVENTFUL. AT THIS TIME THE SUSPECTED CAUSE FOR THE TIRES BLOWING WAS A FAILURE OF THE ANTI-SKID SYS.
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.