# Incident 20241211019199I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Baton Rouge, LA, December 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2024, 09:50 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20910, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20910) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 58 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241211019199I

## Narrative

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS IN PROGRESS OF COMPLETING A LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. ALSO ABOARD THE FLIGHT WAS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ACTING AS A SAFETY PILOT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLIGHT WHERE SIMULATED INSTRUMENT TRAINING (UNDER THE HOOD) WAS BEING CONDUCTED. IN A STATEMENT, THE PIC REPORTED: SHORT FINAL INTO KBTR FOR RUNWAY 31 IT WAS STABILIZED APPROACH, WINDS WERE VERY HIGH THAT DAY I DO NOT REMEMBER EXACT NUMBER. LANDED ON RUNWAY A LITTLE BIT FIRM TURNED OFF ONTO ECHO AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THE TIRE HAD POPPED. WE WEREN’T ABLE TO MAKE IT COMPLETELY OFF THE RUNWAY, WE LET THE TOWER KNOW AND THEY SAID TO GO AHEAD AND SHUT THE PLANE DOWN. SHUT THE AIRPLANE DOWN, MECHANICS CAME OUT TOOK THE TIRE OFF PUT A NEW ONE ON AND WE STARTED THE AIRPLANE BACK UP AND TAXIED ON ECHO TO PARK. THE CFI MENTIONED IN A STATEMENT THAT AFTER NOTICING A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT SIDE INTERVENED WITH CONTROL INPUTS TO PREVENT A VEERING OFF OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE MAINTENANCE LOG ENTRY CONFIRMED REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE AND INNER TUBE WITH NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. A BRIEF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE MECHANIC REVEALED THAT THE CAUSE OF TIRE FAILURE/DEFLATION WAS FROM A SINGLE FLAT SPOT WORN THROUGH THE TIRE CONSISTENT WITH WHEEL LOCK UP DURING TOUCHDOWN. THE MECHANIC ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL BRAKE SYSTEM APPEARED TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. IN CONCLUSION, IT APPEARS THAT THE TIRE BLOWOUT WAS THE RESULT OF EXCESSIVE APPLICATION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE IN COMBINATION WITH SIDE LOADING FROM CROSSWIND CORRECTION IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N20910 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20240116000849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240116000849I), Jan 16, 2024: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N20910), Hays, KS, Minor damage. 01/16/2024 At Hays Regional Airport, Hays, KS (hys) at approximately 11:10 am a Cessna 172 s model conducted a landing. Two private pilots on board operating…
- [Incident 20220516006199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220516006199I), May 16, 2022: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N20910), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. On may 16, 2022, at approximately 07:23 pm, while conducting instruction on short final to RWY35 at the Ogden Utah airport (ogd), the aircraft struck a pigeon…

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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