What was found
ON LANDING NOSE WHEEL TUBE BLEW OUT. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
- Difficulty date
- December 22, 2010
- Submitted
- April 5, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N45052
- Make and model
- Piper PA31350
- Aircraft serial
- 318152063
- Aircraft time
- 28,162 hours
- Engine
- Lyc TIO540J2BD
- System (JASC)
- 3245 · Tire Tube
- Part
- Tube
- Part number
- 600X6
- Condition
- Blown
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 47 hours
- Component
- Nlg Wheel · Cleveland
- Component part number
- 40140
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.