An A320 pilot reported a tire with a low air pressure. Maintenance found the pressure to be 70 psi. ...

Attributes
ACN	919760
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 3200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

Narrative:

During preflight the left outboard tire looked like it had low air pressure. I called it in and a mechanic confirmed it had 70 psi of air. This tire did not have a gage. I am certain it had flown several days in this condition as there was a write up nearly a month ago regarding low tire pressure. It looks as though the wrong tire was checked and signed off. This is the second tire I have found with pressure less than 110 psi and no gages installed that has flown at least one leg in this condition.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 pilot reported a tire with a low air pressure. Maintenance found the pressure to be 70 PSI. The reporter suspects this aircraft had flown some time in this condition.

Narrative: During preflight the left outboard tire looked like it had low air pressure. I called it in and a mechanic confirmed it had 70 PSI of air. This tire did not have a gage. I am certain it had flown several days in this condition as there was a write up nearly a month ago regarding low tire pressure. It looks as though the wrong tire was checked and signed off. This is the second tire I have found with pressure less than 110 PSI and no gages installed that has flown at least one leg in this condition.

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.

An A320 pilot reported a tire with a low air pressure. Maintenance found the pressure to be 70 psi. The reporter suspects this aircraft had flown some time in this condition.