MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
First Officer (FO) landing. On speed normal landing; smooth touchdown on [the] runway. About 3-5 seconds after landing; felt a grab as if autobrakes were being applied; but the aircraft had none installed. Exiting runway on taxiway foxtrot heading to [the] gate the tower asked if we were OK. We asked them to clarify. They said they saw a puff of smoke from the right main landing gear; heard a bang and that our right outboard main landing gear tire appeared to be flat. All brake temperatures were normal and no annunciator lights illuminated. Post flight inspection by flight crew discovered right outboard main landing gear tire had ruptured and the tread had separated. Captain called station ops; maintenance operations control and flight dispatcher to report the event and made the appropriate [maintenance] entry. The contract maintenance tech witnessed the event occurring and stated that either the anti-lock brake system had failed after landing locking up the wheel or that the tire had simply failed. Flight attendants in the main cabin reported feeling a small lurch and heard a bang after landing.Maintenance action performed to the repair the aircraft was not available in the history when this report was submitted. The suspected cause was mechanical failure of the anti-lock brake system or tire failure.
Three to five seconds (according to the flight attendants) after making a normal and smooth landing; we had a blowout on our right main tire.  I don't know the cause; but I suspect a malfunction of the anti-skid system because 3-5 seconds after touchdown would be about the time I applied braking.
The flight crew of a MD-80 reported hearing a noise coming from the aircraft landing gear. A Mechanic suspected an antiskid malfunction locked a brake which resulted in a tire failure.