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Amphibious aircraft damages tire rim, gets flat tire and proceeds back to base prior to getting repaired.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 186825 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199108 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cxy |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : apa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 215 |
| ASRS Report | 186825 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Flat tire up the seaplane ramp, cracked rim after hitting hole in sand. Decision: flight back to miami, watson island (X44), getting stuck going down the ramp in a sand hole. Local people helped to pull out with boat. Flew back to X44 and went up the ramp, uneventfully. Down in watson island (seaplane base) for maintenance to fix it. Damage: flat tire, cracked rim. Did not agree with captain, however, went along with his decision, which I considered wrong and irresponsible.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AMPHIBIOUS ACFT DAMAGES TIRE RIM, GETS FLAT TIRE AND PROCEEDS BACK TO BASE PRIOR TO GETTING REPAIRED.
Narrative: FLAT TIRE UP THE SEAPLANE RAMP, CRACKED RIM AFTER HITTING HOLE IN SAND. DECISION: FLT BACK TO MIAMI, WATSON ISLAND (X44), GETTING STUCK GOING DOWN THE RAMP IN A SAND HOLE. LCL PEOPLE HELPED TO PULL OUT WITH BOAT. FLEW BACK TO X44 AND WENT UP THE RAMP, UNEVENTFULLY. DOWN IN WATSON ISLAND (SEAPLANE BASE) FOR MAINT TO FIX IT. DAMAGE: FLAT TIRE, CRACKED RIM. DID NOT AGREE WITH CAPT, HOWEVER, WENT ALONG WITH HIS DECISION, WHICH I CONSIDERED WRONG AND IRRESPONSIBLE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.