Aircraft equipment problem design creates a blown tire upon landing.

Attributes
ACN	205342
Time
Date	199203
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdl
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pit
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	205342
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Frozen brake left main which upon landing caused left main tire to go flat. No more action that I am aware of could have prevented this. No standing water was taxied through.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROBLEM DESIGN CREATES A BLOWN TIRE UPON LNDG.

Narrative: FROZEN BRAKE LEFT MAIN WHICH UPON LNDG CAUSED L MAIN TIRE TO GO FLAT. NO MORE ACTION THAT I AM AWARE OF COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS. NO STANDING WATER WAS TAXIED THROUGH.

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.