On 6/13/2012, my buddy Andy Martz and I decided to take 653KB up to KCHA for a quick ride.
It was a pretty nice day; we had somewhat low cumulus clouds so we decided to fly at 2500 up to Chattanooga
We landed on runway 2 at KCHA. It was a no thrills landing. Taxied back and had to wait for a US Airways CRJ to land before we were given clearance to take off.
Going back, we went to an altitude of 3500 and scooted on back to KRYY.
It was a standard pattern procedure landing at KRYY’s runway 27. On landing, our back main wheels touched down smoothly, followed by our front gear. No bouncing, no hard landing, it was pretty smooth. As we were slowing down I noticed I was having to give a lot of left rudder. This was very unusual. By the time we got to our taxiway, I had to use all of the left rudder and left break to get her off the runway. I stopped the aircraft to do the “After landing checklist,” and couldn’t get her rolling again. She was stuck.
Our right main tire had gone flat on us. Contacted tower and informed them of the issue. They called the flight school so we could get a tow, but now since we were stuck, taxiway Bravo was now closed as no aircraft could get through. We waited about 30 minutes when they came to put the version of an airplane “donut tire” on. The mechanic taxied our plane back as we rode in the truck back to the flight school.
This could of turned into a much worst situation if the tire had actually blown on landing. We were lucky, and I’m proud at how I handled it.
Well done man, I saw this happen to 4448 once too, during taxi and it was the nose wheel.
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