Narrative:

Snowstorm on arrival; ATIS reporting 1/2 mile; braking action reported poor during our approach; we flew CAT III; auto-land; with max auto-brakes. On landing with 3/4 inches of dry snow covering all of the runways; we stopped straight ahead; taxied off runway to gate. Many passengers stated we had a flat tire and that the tire blew about on second after touchdown. The auto-land was smooth and could not have caused the failed tire. Flight attendants stated they heard the sound of a flat tire; but they did not notify us. The station personnel came up to the flight deck to tell us we had a blown tire. Upon my inspection; I noticed the tire was shaved in one spot with all chords in that one spot grounded down from friction. There was a hole in the inside (tire side) flap behind the blown tire. I spoke with maintenance and I was told that this same aircraft had a history of problems with the anti-skid system and blown tires. The maintenance person who came up to inspect the aircraft stated he has had a number of these problems and there is clear connection to max braking and blown tires as in our flight. The pilot that dead-headed with us back to ZZZ1; had a blown tire recently and he didn't know it until at the gate. He also used max braking with clutter on landing. He didn't remember the aircraft number. Another pilot said he had the same experience recently. I was also told that that a line check pilot was demonstrating max braking per syllabus and they had a blown tire afterwards.callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter states that he has asked the company to investigate this incident; but has yet to receive a response. He also believes that in at least one incident; both tires on one main gear were blown following a max auto brake landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD90 Captain reports blown tire after landing on snow covered runway with max auto brakes set.

Narrative: Snowstorm on arrival; ATIS reporting 1/2 mile; braking action reported poor during our approach; we flew CAT III; auto-land; with max auto-brakes. On landing with 3/4 inches of dry snow covering all of the runways; we stopped straight ahead; taxied off runway to gate. Many passengers stated we had a flat tire and that the tire blew about on second after touchdown. The auto-land was smooth and could not have caused the failed tire. Flight attendants stated they heard the sound of a flat tire; but they did not notify us. The station personnel came up to the flight deck to tell us we had a blown tire. Upon my inspection; I noticed the tire was shaved in one spot with all chords in that one spot grounded down from friction. There was a hole in the inside (tire side) flap behind the blown tire. I spoke with maintenance and I was told that this same aircraft had a history of problems with the anti-skid system and blown tires. The maintenance person who came up to inspect the aircraft stated he has had a number of these problems and there is clear connection to max braking and blown tires as in our flight. The pilot that dead-headed with us back to ZZZ1; had a blown tire recently and he didn't know it until at the gate. He also used max braking with clutter on landing. He didn't remember the aircraft number. Another pilot said he had the same experience recently. I was also told that that a line check pilot was demonstrating max braking per syllabus and they had a blown tire afterwards.Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: The reporter states that he has asked the company to investigate this incident; but has yet to receive a response. He also believes that in at least one incident; both tires on one main gear were blown following a max auto brake landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.