Small transport has loss of aircraft control on landing due flat tire.

Attributes
ACN	251726
Time
Date	199309
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : irk
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 23000 flight time type : 16
ASRS Report	251726
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	oversight : airport manager
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On landing, touched down 1661 ft from end runway 17, nosewheel lowered to runway. The nosewheel shimmied severely, lifted nose back off ground for 150 ft. When nose lowered to ground again the nose started to lower past normal and a propeller contacted runway. Aircraft remained on runway coming to a stop in 1567 ft. Airport manager kirksville, mo, said it appeared tire was flat at landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT HAS LOSS OF ACFT CTL ON LNDG DUE FLAT TIRE.

Narrative: ON LNDG, TOUCHED DOWN 1661 FT FROM END RWY 17, NOSEWHEEL LOWERED TO RWY. THE NOSEWHEEL SHIMMIED SEVERELY, LIFTED NOSE BACK OFF GND FOR 150 FT. WHEN NOSE LOWERED TO GND AGAIN THE NOSE STARTED TO LOWER PAST NORMAL AND A PROP CONTACTED RWY. ACFT REMAINED ON RWY COMING TO A STOP IN 1567 FT. ARPT MGR KIRKSVILLE, MO, SAID IT APPEARED TIRE WAS FLAT AT LNDG.

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.