Service difficulty report · Tube · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
October 14, 2011
Submitted
October 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804TH
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0421
Aircraft time
11,466 hours, 21,297 cycles
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
75085010
Condition
Failed
Location
Tire
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

UPON LANDING, RT MLG TIRE WENT FLAT. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO TAXI THE ACFT CLEAR OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WITHOUT DOING DAMAGE TO THE ACFT, DUE TO DEFLATED TIRE. THIS RESULTED IN RUNWAY BEING CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF 30 MINUTES. MX WAS SUMMONED TO THE ACFT AND THEY REPLACED THE WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY, THEREFORE ALLOWING THE ACFT TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY. DISASSEMBLY OF THE FLAT TIRE WHEEL ASSY REVEALED THE TUBE HAD FAILED, SIMILAR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. SUBMITTER HAS SPOKEN TO MFG AND DETERMINED MFG HAS CHANGED RUBBER COMPOSITION. THIS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH COLD TEMPERATURES SEEMS TO BE THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE.

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