ACFT STRANDED WHEN LOW TIME FLT INSTRUCTOR OVERSHOOTS LNDG AND BLOWS A TIRE DUE TO HVY BRAKING.
Synopsis
ACFT STRANDED WHEN LOW TIME FLT INSTRUCTOR OVERSHOOTS LNDG AND BLOWS A TIRE DUE TO HVY BRAKING.
Narrative
THE FLT WAS FROM NEW ORLEANS MOISSANT TO LAPORTE; TX. I HAD DECIDED TO FILE IFR BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS AT MY DEST WERE FORECAST TO DETERIORATE ABOUT 5 HRS AFTER MY ARR AT LAPORTE. SO I FILED TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. AS I PROGRESSED THROUGH MY FLT; I LISTENED FOR UPDATES ON FLT WATCH AND HEARD THAT WX AT MY DEST WAS GOING DOWN RAPIDLY. SO I DECIDED MY ALTERNATE WAS THE NEXT BEST BET. AS I PASSED THROUGH LAKE CHARLES THE WX WAS GETTING WORSE THE CLOSER I GOT TO THE GALVESTON COAST. AS I LISTENED TO FLT WATCH THE FOG FROM THE COAST WAS MOVING INLAND AT A RAPID RATE AND MY ALTERNATE WAS NO LONGER FEASIBLE SO I OPTED FOR HOBBY. AS I APCHED BEAUMONT I WAS ASSIGNED A STAR FOR MY FLT TO HOBBY. AS I PROGRESSED TOWARD HOBBY THE WX WAS GOING DOWN AT AN UNBELIEVABLE RATE. FINALLY HOBBY HAD RPTED 100 CIG SKY OBSCURED BY FOG 1/2 MI VISIBILITY RWY RVR 4500 FT. IF I COULDN'T MAKE THE APCH IN AT HOBBY I HAD DECIDED TO GO TO HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL. CONSEQUENTLY THE WX WAS GOING DOWN RAPIDLY THERE ALSO. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER FLOWN IFR ALONE. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLT TO NEW ORLEANS AND BACK WITH MY STUDENT TURNED INTO AN IFR FLT TO FOGGY CONDITIONS FOR ME ON THE WAY HOME. I HAD ALSO BEEN UP SINCE EARLY THAT MORNING AND THE TIME OF MY FLT HOME WAS GETTING INTO THE LATER HRS OF THE EVENING. WHEN MY STUDENT AND I FLEW INTO NEW ORLEANS WE PICKED UP 2 PAX -- HIS 2 YR OLD CHILD AND HIS WIFE. AS I FIRST ENTERED THE CLOUDS MY 2 PAX BECAME RESTLESS SO I WANTED TO GET HOME. I FLEW THE ILS 4 APCH INTO HOBBY. WX WAS AT MINIMUMS; BUT I SAW THE RWY LIGHTS AND DECIDED TO LAND. AS I LANDED I SEEMED TO BE IN SUCH AWE OF ACTUALLY BEING ON THE GND THAT I STOPPED BEING A PLT. AS I ROLLED DOWN THE RWY I BEGAN TO SEE THE RED RWY END LIGHTS AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. BECAUSE OF THE FOG THE RWY WAS SLICK AND MY BRAKES LOCKED ON ME. AS I TURNED OFF THE RWY I HAD REALIZED I HAD BLOWN A TIRE. I INFORMED TWR AND SHUT DOWN THE PLANE. BECAUSE OF THE FOG I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD NOT YET CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE; BUT BEING MECHANICALLY INEXPERIENCED I DID NOT KNOW OF THE DAMAGE A FLAT TIRE COULD DO TO AN AIRPLANE. ONCE I REALIZED I HAD NOT YET CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE I PROCEEDED TO TOW THE AIRPLANE ACROSS THE LINE. CONSEQUENTLY; A FEW AIRLINES WERE FORCED TO HOLD UNTIL MY PLANE GOT OFF THE RWY. I ATTRIBUTE MY FATIGUE; NERVOUSNESS AND MECHANICAL INEXPERIENCE TO THE SIT; HOWEVER; I COULD NOT PREVENT A FLAT TIRE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.