SDR ZJWA5509

Service difficulty report · Tube · Gulstm 500B

Difficulty date
May 5, 2009
Submitted
May 5, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N411ET
Make and model
Gulstm 500B
Aircraft serial
1621214
Aircraft time
19,182 hours
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
0923150
Condition
Split
Location
Nlg Tire
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
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

NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT ON LANDING. THE PILOT FELT THE NOSE GO FLAT ON ROLL OUT. HE HELD PRESSURE OFF UNTIL HE GOT AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. MX PERSONNEL CAME OUT AND REPLACED THE NOSE WHEEL ASSY AND THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP. AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE WHEEL, THE NOSE TUBE HAD 2.2500 INCH TO .1250 INCH SPLITS IN THE TREAD AREA LINED UP IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SEAM OR MOLD LINE. BOTH SPLITS WERE WITHIN 2 INCHES OF EACH OTHER.