Cargo flight in a PA31-350 has tire blow on landing. FAA investigating due to other company problems...

Attributes
ACN	363393
Time
Date	199703
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gbd
State Reference	KS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : roc
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	PA-31P Navajo P
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 1410 flight time type : 130
ASRS Report	363393
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Flew ILS to minimums, got to decision ht, was going to go missed, but then I saw runway environment. Landed and put on brakes -- blew tire. Exited off at last taxiway and pulled past hold short line and stopped. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that 7 days after the incident he reported the FAA checked the aircraft and found it to be unairworthy. There are no specifics that reporter knows of to prompt this kind of statement but a series of things have happened with the fairly new company and he believes the FAA is trying hard to find something wrong. There have been prior serious incidents with this company.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARGO FLT IN A PA31-350 HAS TIRE BLOW ON LNDG. FAA INVESTIGATING DUE TO OTHER COMPANY PROBS.

Narrative: FLEW ILS TO MINIMUMS, GOT TO DECISION HT, WAS GOING TO GO MISSED, BUT THEN I SAW RWY ENVIRONMENT. LANDED AND PUT ON BRAKES -- BLEW TIRE. EXITED OFF AT LAST TXWY AND PULLED PAST HOLD SHORT LINE AND STOPPED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT 7 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT HE RPTED THE FAA CHKED THE ACFT AND FOUND IT TO BE UNAIRWORTHY. THERE ARE NO SPECIFICS THAT RPTR KNOWS OF TO PROMPT THIS KIND OF STATEMENT BUT A SERIES OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE FAIRLY NEW COMPANY AND HE BELIEVES THE FAA IS TRYING HARD TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG. THERE HAVE BEEN PRIOR SERIOUS INCIDENTS WITH THIS COMPANY.

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.