Narrative:

The captain; first officer and myself were getting the B767-300 aircraft ready for departure for flight august 2009. Upon completion of the exterior inspection; the first officer (first officer) informed us that the right inboard; forward tire was flat. I sent a maintenance report and called ZZZ maintenance (mx) to that effect. A few minutes later the maintenance supervisor came into the cockpit and was dubious toward our claim that the tire was flat at all. He proclaimed that he saw the tire and that it had adequate psi and was not flat. At that point the first officer escorted him out to the tire in question and together they observed a tire with 120 psi that was visually smaller than the other tires. Line maintenance then changed both forward right tires. On taxi; the captain mentioned that the airplane was pulling slightly to the right. We checked the status page and all 8 brake temperature indices were zero. We decided that the airplane was safe for takeoff. Upon rotation at 170 knots the brake temperature light illuminated; so I checked the status page again and this time the right inboard forward brake was indicating 9. Following the brake temperature irregular procedure; we extended the gear to cool it. We decided it would be a safe course of action to continue to destination (lighter airplane; slower landing speeds) with the concurrence of maintenance control and dispatch. The landing was normal and the brake temperature indices were all zeros or ones. We taxied normally to parking. The post flight inspection revealed a flat right; inboard forward tire. The deflation was probably caused by the fuse plugs melting due to the excessive heat on the takeoff. The mechanic in ZZZ3 pointed out that a spacer (which apparently reduces friction) was not installed on that tire.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight crew of a B767-300 flight report that a Maintenance Supervisor is more concerned about dispatching their flight rather than addressing a tire found flat on the right Main Landing Gear. Three Mechanics also report on replacing the two forward tires; but the axle spacer was left off; and the tire overheats and deflates on take-off; causing severe damage to axle on landing.

Narrative: The Captain; First Officer and myself were getting the B767-300 aircraft ready for departure for flight August 2009. Upon completion of the exterior inspection; the First Officer (FO) informed us that the right inboard; forward tire was flat. I sent a Maintenance report and called ZZZ Maintenance (Mx) to that effect. A few minutes later the Maintenance Supervisor came into the cockpit and was dubious toward our claim that the tire was flat at all. He proclaimed that he saw the tire and that it had adequate PSI and was not flat. At that point the FO escorted him out to the tire in question and together they observed a tire with 120 PSI that was visually smaller than the other tires. Line Maintenance then changed both forward right tires. On taxi; the Captain mentioned that the airplane was pulling slightly to the right. We checked the Status Page and all 8 brake temperature indices were zero. We decided that the airplane was safe for takeoff. Upon rotation at 170 knots the brake temperature light illuminated; so I checked the Status Page again and this time the right inboard forward brake was indicating 9. Following the brake temperature Irregular Procedure; we extended the gear to cool it. We decided it would be a safe course of action to continue to destination (lighter airplane; slower landing speeds) with the concurrence of Maintenance Control and Dispatch. The landing was normal and the brake temperature indices were all zeros or ones. We taxied normally to parking. The post flight Inspection revealed a flat right; inboard forward tire. The deflation was probably caused by the fuse plugs melting due to the excessive heat on the takeoff. The Mechanic in ZZZ3 pointed out that a spacer (which apparently reduces friction) was not installed on that tire.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.