Narrative:

The flight was from new orleans moissant to laporte, tx. I had decided to file IFR because the conditions at my destination were forecast to deteriorate about 5 hours after my arrival at laporte. So I filed to be on the safe side. As I progressed through my flight, I listened for updates on flight watch and heard that WX at my destination was going down rapidly. So I decided my alternate was the next best bet. As I passed through lake charles the WX was getting worse the closer I got to the galveston coast. As I listened to flight watch the fog from the coast was moving inland at a rapid rate and my alternate was no longer feasible so I opted for hobby. As I approached beaumont I was assigned a STAR for my flight to hobby. As I progressed toward hobby the WX was going down at an unbelievable rate. Finally hobby had reported 100 cig sky obscured by fog 1/2 mi visibility runway RVR 4500 ft. If I couldn't make the approach in at hobby I had decided to go to houston intercontinental. Consequently the WX was going down rapidly there also. This was the first time I had ever flown IFR alone. What started out as a cross country training flight to new orleans and back with my student turned into an IFR flight to foggy conditions for me on the way home. I had also been up since early that morning and the time of my flight home was getting into the later hours of the evening. When my student and I flew into new orleans we picked up 2 passenger -- his 2 yr old child and his wife. As I first entered the clouds my 2 passenger became restless so I wanted to get home. I flew the ILS 4 approach into hobby. WX was at minimums, but I saw the runway lights and decided to land. As I landed I seemed to be in such awe of actually being on the ground that I stopped being a pilot. As I rolled down the runway I began to see the red runway end lights and I slammed on the brakes. Because of the fog the runway was slick and my brakes locked on me. As I turned off the runway I had realized I had blown a tire. I informed tower and shut down the plane. Because of the fog I didn't realize I had not yet crossed the hold short line, but being mechanically inexperienced I did not know of the damage a flat tire could do to an airplane. Once I realized I had not yet crossed the hold short line I proceeded to tow the airplane across the line. Consequently, a few airlines were forced to hold until my plane got off the runway. I contribute my fatigue, nervousness and mechanical inexperience to the situation, however, I could not prevent a flat tire.

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Title: ACFT STRANDED WHEN LOW TIME FLT INSTRUCTOR OVERSHOOTS LNDG AND BLOWS A TIRE DUE TO HVY BRAKING.

Narrative: THE FLT WAS FROM NEW ORLEANS MOISSANT TO LAPORTE, TX. I HAD DECIDED TO FILE IFR BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS AT MY DEST WERE FORECAST TO DETERIORATE ABOUT 5 HRS AFTER MY ARR AT LAPORTE. SO I FILED TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. AS I PROGRESSED THROUGH MY FLT, I LISTENED FOR UPDATES ON FLT WATCH AND HEARD THAT WX AT MY DEST WAS GOING DOWN RAPIDLY. SO I DECIDED MY ALTERNATE WAS THE NEXT BEST BET. AS I PASSED THROUGH LAKE CHARLES THE WX WAS GETTING WORSE THE CLOSER I GOT TO THE GALVESTON COAST. AS I LISTENED TO FLT WATCH THE FOG FROM THE COAST WAS MOVING INLAND AT A RAPID RATE AND MY ALTERNATE WAS NO LONGER FEASIBLE SO I OPTED FOR HOBBY. AS I APCHED BEAUMONT I WAS ASSIGNED A STAR FOR MY FLT TO HOBBY. AS I PROGRESSED TOWARD HOBBY THE WX WAS GOING DOWN AT AN UNBELIEVABLE RATE. FINALLY HOBBY HAD RPTED 100 CIG SKY OBSCURED BY FOG 1/2 MI VISIBILITY RWY RVR 4500 FT. IF I COULDN'T MAKE THE APCH IN AT HOBBY I HAD DECIDED TO GO TO HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL. CONSEQUENTLY THE WX WAS GOING DOWN RAPIDLY THERE ALSO. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER FLOWN IFR ALONE. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLT TO NEW ORLEANS AND BACK WITH MY STUDENT TURNED INTO AN IFR FLT TO FOGGY CONDITIONS FOR ME ON THE WAY HOME. I HAD ALSO BEEN UP SINCE EARLY THAT MORNING AND THE TIME OF MY FLT HOME WAS GETTING INTO THE LATER HRS OF THE EVENING. WHEN MY STUDENT AND I FLEW INTO NEW ORLEANS WE PICKED UP 2 PAX -- HIS 2 YR OLD CHILD AND HIS WIFE. AS I FIRST ENTERED THE CLOUDS MY 2 PAX BECAME RESTLESS SO I WANTED TO GET HOME. I FLEW THE ILS 4 APCH INTO HOBBY. WX WAS AT MINIMUMS, BUT I SAW THE RWY LIGHTS AND DECIDED TO LAND. AS I LANDED I SEEMED TO BE IN SUCH AWE OF ACTUALLY BEING ON THE GND THAT I STOPPED BEING A PLT. AS I ROLLED DOWN THE RWY I BEGAN TO SEE THE RED RWY END LIGHTS AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. BECAUSE OF THE FOG THE RWY WAS SLICK AND MY BRAKES LOCKED ON ME. AS I TURNED OFF THE RWY I HAD REALIZED I HAD BLOWN A TIRE. I INFORMED TWR AND SHUT DOWN THE PLANE. BECAUSE OF THE FOG I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD NOT YET CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE, BUT BEING MECHANICALLY INEXPERIENCED I DID NOT KNOW OF THE DAMAGE A FLAT TIRE COULD DO TO AN AIRPLANE. ONCE I REALIZED I HAD NOT YET CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE I PROCEEDED TO TOW THE AIRPLANE ACROSS THE LINE. CONSEQUENTLY, A FEW AIRLINES WERE FORCED TO HOLD UNTIL MY PLANE GOT OFF THE RWY. I CONTRIBUTE MY FATIGUE, NERVOUSNESS AND MECHANICAL INEXPERIENCE TO THE SIT, HOWEVER, I COULD NOT PREVENT A FLAT TIRE.

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.