B767-300ER flight crew reported failure of a main gear tire after a normal landing with light brakin...

Attributes
ACN	990961
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

[We had] day VMC light winds and a normal stabilized approach and touchdown on the fixed distance markers. During rollout; tower advised that smoke was coming from right main strut area; cleared runway and tower advised that smoke had dissipated. Suspected the non-normal light winds as a contributing factor to tower's observation. Captain continued taxi to gate with crash fire rescue equipment vehicles in proximity. Crash fire rescue equipment personnel kept rampers clear of right main landing gear. Once at the gate; first officer inspected (from a safe distance) the right main gear and found right rear tire deflated. The pre-flight inspection was normal; approach and landing normal. The tire and wheel assembly appeared normal (except for the obvious deflation) on the post-flight. I'm not really sure what happened to cause this problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300ER flight crew reported failure of a main gear tire after a normal landing with light braking.

Narrative: [We had] day VMC light winds and a normal stabilized approach and touchdown on the fixed distance markers. During rollout; Tower advised that smoke was coming from right main strut area; cleared runway and Tower advised that smoke had dissipated. Suspected the non-normal light winds as a contributing factor to Tower's observation. Captain continued taxi to gate with CFR vehicles in proximity. CFR personnel kept rampers clear of right main landing gear. Once at the gate; First Officer inspected (from a safe distance) the right main gear and found right rear tire deflated. The pre-flight inspection was normal; approach and landing normal. The tire and wheel assembly appeared normal (except for the obvious deflation) on the post-flight. I'm not really sure what happened to cause this problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.