Incident Description
On November 23, 2020, at approximately 12:10 UTC, a Tecnam P-92 light aircraft, registration LV-S029, experienced a failure of the right main landing gear tire while taxiing at Aeropuerto Río Cuarto in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. The aircraft was operating a general aviation training flight under visual meteorological conditions, with an itinerary from Aeródromo Cañada de Gómez to Aeroclub San Martin. No injuries were reported among the one crew member and no passengers were on board. The aircraft sustained no damage.
Investigation
The incident was classified as a system/component failure (non-powerplant) under category SCF-NP. The Dirección Nacional of the Junta de Seguridad en el Transporte (JST) determined that the occurrence did not represent any operational safety concern and therefore did not warrant further investigation. The case was forwarded for archival closure.