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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Great Bend, KS · March 13, 1997

Date
March 13, 1997 · 08:10 local
Place
Great Bend, KS
Airport
Great Bend Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
P4VA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N961PA
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total100 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot stated tire was worn and just went flat when he turned the corner. Witnesses state he landed long, locked up the brakes and slid sideways to keep from going off the FAR end of the runway. This resulted in the tire wearing through and blowing out. Photos of the area and wear patterns on the blown tire support the witnesses observations.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED TIRE WAS WORN AND JUST WENT FLAT WHEN HE TURNED THE CORNER. WITNESSES STATE HE LANDED LONG, LOCKED UP THE BRAKES AND SLID SIDEWAYS TO KEEP FROM GOING OFF THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY. THIS RESULTED IN THE TIRE WEARING THROUGH AND BLOWING OUT. PHOTOS OF THE AREA AND WEAR PATTERNS ON THE BLOWN TIRE SUPPORT THE WITNESSES OBSERVATIONS.