# Incident 20080809847539I: Piper PA23, Columbus, IN, August 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2008, 11:59 local time
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Airport: Columbus Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2619° N, 85.8963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (BAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2619&lon=-85.8963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 180 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080809847539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT COLUMBUS, IN (KBAK) DURING TAXI THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS.

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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