Hi! All
Just for information and safety knowledge I can declare that my trike has
landed with a flat nose wheel without anything startling . I had been aware
of the likelihood prior to landing .
Regards
To all
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of rampil
Sent: 06 July 2011 13:37
Subject: Europa-List: Re: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident
Flat tires in a tri gear do not appear to be a big deal.
I have had three in seven years of flying.
Two were nosewheel flats due to pinched inner tubes on the outer,
not inner surface of the tube with slow breakdown of integrity.
These flats occurred while taxiing. One of those occurred at
night at KISP at the far end of Rwy 24, about 1.5 nm from starting ramp.
Of note, my call to the tower elicited an EMS vehicle (ambulance!), not
a tow rig which then took an extra hour to organize.
The other nose gear flat occurred after only 0.5 sm of taxiing.
The main gear flat occurred on landing and the a/c remained controllable
with rudder and brakes. It was a rapid leak, not a sudden blowout.
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