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A flight school operator of PA-28s noted an increased frequency of flat tires on the fleet in the past year.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 869456 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Tires |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | FBO Personnel |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
For the past year; we have been inundated with an immense amount of flat tires on our training aircraft; specifically the piper warriors; which are the majority of our training fleet. We have been averaging about one flat tire per week; mostly nose wheel tires but also quite a few mains. We believe that as of right now the primary culprits are the tubes; which appear to be littered with small pin holes and/or little slices after they have gone flat. We have tried three different brands of tires and tubes but are still getting flat tubes regardless of which tire we use. We are having the same issues with all of them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A flight school operator of PA-28s noted an increased frequency of flat tires on the fleet in the past year.
Narrative: For the past year; we have been inundated with an immense amount of flat tires on our training aircraft; specifically the Piper Warriors; which are the majority of our training fleet. We have been averaging about one flat tire per week; mostly nose wheel tires but also quite a few mains. We believe that as of right now the primary culprits are the tubes; which appear to be littered with small pin holes and/or little slices after they have gone flat. We have tried three different brands of tires and tubes but are still getting flat tubes regardless of which tire we use. We are having the same issues with all of them.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.