# Tube

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010232) › Tube
- NTSB code: 01023245
- Cases: 19
- In the probable cause: 16
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023245/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023245/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023245

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2009: 2 / 2
- 2010: 2 / 2
- 2011: 2 / 2
- 2013: 1 / 2
- 2014: 2 / 3
- 2015: 1 / 1
- 2020: 1 / 1
- 2021: 0 / 1
- 2023: 1 / 1
- 2024: 2 / 2
- 2025: 1 / 1
- 2026: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 12 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 4 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 1 cases
- [Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Beech D55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55): 2 cases
- [Kreps Curtis D. THORP T-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/kreps-curtis-d-thorp-t-18): 1 cases
- [Rockwell International 690B](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690b): 1 cases
- [Pitts S-2S](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-s-2s): 1 cases
- [Piper PA46-500TP](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp): 1 cases
- [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24): 1 cases
- [Maule MX-7-180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180a): 1 cases
- [Cessna 441](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 10 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Tire casing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023244) (Aircraft): 4 cases
- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 2 cases
- [Debris/dirt/foreign object](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230) (Aircraft): 2 cases
- [Runway/taxi/approach light](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022012) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Fatigue due to work schedule](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02013520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA105), Jan 31, 2026: Cessna 441 (N441EC), Pflugerville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a rejected takeoff due to a flat nose wheel tire which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was…
- [NTSB CEN25LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA174), May 10, 2025: Piper PA-44-180 (N453MK), Saint James, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear tire casing and tube due to excessive wear which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing.
- [NTSB WPR25LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA059), Dec 8, 2024: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N9199R), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control during landing with a flat tire.
- [NTSB CEN24LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA227), Jun 11, 2024: Beech D55 (N321N), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The deflated right main landing gear tire due to a sidewall puncture made by an unknown object, which led to the pilot’s loss of directional control and the landing gear collapse during landing roll.
- [NTSB CEN23LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA222), Jun 3, 2023: Pitts S-2S (N1PW), Garden Plain, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control during landing roll due to a flat tire.
- [NTSB ERA21LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA251), Jun 5, 2021: Piper PA-24 (N5779P), Monticello, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in a failure of the right main landing gear tire on landing rollout, a subsequent loss of directional control, and landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB WPR20CA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA298), Sep 7, 2020: Cessna 208 (N186GC), Whitmore, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control during landing due to a flat main landing gear tire, which resulted in a lateral runway excursion and impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR15LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA148), Apr 4, 2015: Cessna 206H (N245RB), Honolulu, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A blown nose landing gear tire during landing, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB WPR15CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA026), Oct 23, 2014: Rockwell 690B (N130TT), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear tire, which resulted in the vibration of the nose landing gear and subsequent fire to the tire and forward section of the fuselage structure.
- [NTSB ERA14CA463](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA463), Sep 27, 2014: Beech D55 (N222JJ), Hazleton, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The brake application for unknown reasons resulting in rupture of the left main landing gear tire and tube, and subsequent loss of directional control.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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