Lancair pilot reports landing with a flat tire which causes directional control problems and ends with the aircraft disabled on the runway. Another aircraft in the pattern lands before the Lancair is removed.

Date: 2010-09 · Aircraft: Lancair 360 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|ground-event-encounter-object

Synopsis

Lancair pilot reports landing with a flat tire which causes directional control problems and ends with the aircraft disabled on the runway. Another aircraft in the pattern lands before the Lancair is removed.

Narrative

After landing; within 5 seconds the plane started to vibrate and I thought I blew a tire. Left tire blew and I had to use a lot of right rudder and a lot of braking action. My mistake was that I also for a few seconds used both brakes which then locked for a moment causing handing problems; but I kept it under control until I stopped. I did cut power. Biggest negative was that following aircraft called in and wanted us just to push the plane off the runway so he could land. He landed anyway after the ground personnel temporarily closed the runway. I had stopped within 2;000 FT of threshold on a 7;000 FT runway and off to the left of center line. We had the plane safely off the runway within 10 minutes. Damage was just to the tire. Weather; no wind and clear sky. Lots of traffic as a small air show was going to occur. After inspecting the tire I had hit a screw and I had slight locking of the brake marks on the tire. Tire was in good condition before it blew. Airport personal were wonderful and had a dolly to put under the blown tire; so we could get it off the runway.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.