Lancair pilot reports landing with a flat tire which causes directional control problems and ends wi...

Narrative:

After landing; within 5 seconds the plane started to vibrate and I thought I blew a tire. Left tire blew and I had to use a lot of right rudder and a lot of braking action. My mistake was that I also for a few seconds used both brakes which then locked for a moment causing handing problems; but I kept it under control until I stopped. I did cut power. Biggest negative was that following aircraft called in and wanted us just to push the plane off the runway so he could land. He landed anyway after the ground personnel temporarily closed the runway. I had stopped within 2;000 ft of threshold on a 7;000 ft runway and off to the left of center line. We had the plane safely off the runway within 10 minutes. Damage was just to the tire. Weather; no wind and clear sky. Lots of traffic as a small air show was going to occur. After inspecting the tire I had hit a screw and I had slight locking of the brake marks on the tire. Tire was in good condition before it blew. Airport personal were wonderful and had a dolly to put under the blown tire; so we could get it off the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Lancair pilot reports landing with a flat tire which causes directional control problems and ends with the aircraft disabled on the runway. Another aircraft in the pattern lands before the Lancair is removed.

Narrative: After landing; within 5 seconds the plane started to vibrate and I thought I blew a tire. Left tire blew and I had to use a lot of right rudder and a lot of braking action. My mistake was that I also for a few seconds used both brakes which then locked for a moment causing handing problems; but I kept it under control until I stopped. I did cut power. Biggest negative was that following aircraft called in and wanted us just to push the plane off the runway so he could land. He landed anyway after the ground personnel temporarily closed the runway. I had stopped within 2;000 FT of threshold on a 7;000 FT runway and off to the left of center line. We had the plane safely off the runway within 10 minutes. Damage was just to the tire. Weather; no wind and clear sky. Lots of traffic as a small air show was going to occur. After inspecting the tire I had hit a screw and I had slight locking of the brake marks on the tire. Tire was in good condition before it blew. Airport personal were wonderful and had a dolly to put under the blown tire; so we could get it off the runway.

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.

Attributes
ACN	908860
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Lancair 360
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 950 Flight Crew Type 350
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Object

Lancair pilot reports landing with a flat tire which causes directional control problems and ends with the aircraft disabled on the runway. Another aircraft in the pattern lands before the lancair is removed.