# Incident 19970313007339I: Piper PA31350, Great Bend, KS, March 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1997, 08:10 local time
- Place: Great Bend, KS
- Airport: Great Bend Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P4VA
- Location: 38.3443° N, 98.8592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BEND MUNI (GBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3443&lon=-98.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N961PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970313007339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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