Narrative:

The mission was to do an IFR cross-country to this airport for dinner and return all at night. The student has hundreds of hours of experience in the aircraft type and is well versed. I was the CFI for the flight and have plenty of experience in the type of aircraft.upon arrival at the airport on runway xx the left main tire of the cessna 172 blew due to unknown circumstances and yawed to the left. I took the controls from the student and applied right rudder and came to a stop. After stopping about 2;500 ft. In and about 30 ft. Left of the runway centerline we shut down and observed the damage to the tire. The aircraft could not be moved. Considering it was nighttime; the student remained with the airplane and left the strobes/nav lights on while I looked for assistance. My main concern was having the aircraft sitting on the runway at night. No mechanic or FBO was open at the time nor was I able to get in contact with an FBO or mechanic. I attempted to contact the airport manager at the phone number listed on the chart supplement but no answer. The airport restaurant offered a dolly but wasn't going to be enough to place the left main wheel on. I called my flight school to have a mechanic and pilot fly down in another plane to put on a new tire; however that would be a 45 minute flight and longer for them to get to the airport.since there was no way of removing the aircraft from the runway I called flight service to issue a NOTAM to advise other pilots. I did however; remain by the aircraft to advise other pilots on the CTAF of the airplane on the runway. This posed a massive safety hazard as in the 2.5 hours the airplane was on the runway multiple pilots attempted an approach to runway 22 and executed a go-around after hearing of the issue on the radio. I received a call from the airport manager; on his personal phone; that flight service had called him regarding the incident and to keep him updated. At 10 pm local; my mechanic flew in and replaced the tire and I flew the airplane back home.looking back; the aircraft on the runway was nearly impossible to see since it was night time and posed a major hazard to landing aircraft. Issuing a NOTAM may have helped some but no pilots in-flight could have been aware. The airport manager wasn't able to be reached using the chart supplement number; to potentially fix the situation; which made the time to remove the aircraft significantly longer.

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Title: Pilot reported that a tire failure disabled an aircraft on an untowered runway at night; and that the airport manager could not be reached.

Narrative: The mission was to do an IFR cross-country to this airport for dinner and return all at night. The student has hundreds of hours of experience in the aircraft type and is well versed. I was the CFI for the flight and have plenty of experience in the type of aircraft.Upon arrival at the airport on Runway XX the left main tire of the Cessna 172 blew due to unknown circumstances and yawed to the left. I took the controls from the student and applied right rudder and came to a stop. After stopping about 2;500 ft. in and about 30 ft. left of the runway centerline we shut down and observed the damage to the tire. The aircraft could not be moved. Considering it was nighttime; the student remained with the airplane and left the strobes/nav lights on while I looked for assistance. My main concern was having the aircraft sitting on the runway at night. No Mechanic or FBO was open at the time nor was I able to get in contact with an FBO or Mechanic. I Attempted to contact the airport manager at the phone number listed on the Chart Supplement but no answer. The airport restaurant offered a dolly but wasn't going to be enough to place the left main wheel on. I called my Flight School to have a mechanic and pilot fly down in another plane to put on a new tire; however that would be a 45 minute flight and longer for them to get to the airport.Since there was no way of removing the aircraft from the runway I called Flight Service to issue a NOTAM to advise other pilots. I did however; remain by the aircraft to advise other pilots on the CTAF of the airplane on the runway. This posed a massive safety hazard as in the 2.5 hours the airplane was on the runway multiple pilots attempted an approach to Runway 22 and executed a go-around after hearing of the issue on the radio. I received a call from the airport manager; on his personal phone; that Flight Service had called him regarding the incident and to keep him updated. At 10 pm local; my mechanic flew in and replaced the tire and I flew the airplane back home.Looking back; the aircraft on the runway was nearly impossible to see since it was night time and posed a major hazard to landing aircraft. Issuing a NOTAM may have helped some but no pilots in-flight could have been aware. The airport manager wasn't able to be reached using the chart supplement number; to potentially fix the situation; which made the time to remove the aircraft significantly longer.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.