Fearless Tower
Touchdown! Greaser!
Asking for a friend....
Good news is that once they got the right jack out to us, the actual change was quicker than changing a car tire.
This.Changing the tire? 30 minutes
Filing the paperwork... 1 hour.
Getting re-inserted into the schedule... 30 minutes to an hour, longer during a push.
This.
Is that something you can do in the field? I thought those tires were filled with nitrogen?
Unfortunately, I don’t think fix a flat works when the tire actually blows up.
Good news is that once they got the right jack out to us, the actual change was quicker than changing a car tire.
They have wheelie carts with nitrogen bottles; one was brought to my plane when my nose strut collapsed ('cuz my air gauge was defective and drained it!)Is that something you can do in the field? I thought those tires were filled with nitrogen?
Is that something you can do in the field? I thought those tires were filled with nitrogen?
They’ll only change the tire that needed changing. No need to change another tire on the truck.I trust they replaced both tires/wheels on that axle and not just the flat one.
It looks like the tow driver started too quickly, or they still had the brakes set on the plane. I'll bet somebody's head rolled over that one. Ouch.World record 8 seconds:
It looks like the tow driver started too quickly, or they still had the brakes set on the plane. I'll bet somebody's head rolled over that one. Ouch.
Southwest dropped one on its nose last year when the tug driver got got a little overzealous on pushback.That made my head hurt. That can't possibly be the only time that's happened though.
That's gotta be an expensive mistake!Southwest dropped one on its nose last year when the tug driver got got a little overzealous on pushback.
Especially considering it was fully loaded with pax when it happened.That's gotta be an expensive mistake!
They’ll only change the tire that needed changing. No need to change another tire on the truck.
Not a mechanic, just a pilot. I’m not saying you’re incorrect, but in all my years of doing walkarounds and reading ARDs, I don’t ever recall seeing two tire changes at the same time. The majority of the tires changes I’ve seen have been for worn tires to the cord limit, not flat/low pressure/blown, so maybe that’s the difference.Most large jets that I’ve worked on required that both be changed if the pressure in either was below a certain amount. I don’t have experience on the MD80 so if your experience working on them is that it isn’t necessary then I defer to your knowledge and experience on that model. I just know on the Boeings and Lockheeds that I’ve worked on the AMM made it a mandatory double change.
Not a mechanic, just a pilot. I’m not saying you’re incorrect, but in all my years of doing walkarounds and reading ARDs, I don’t ever recall seeing two tire changes at the same time. The majority of the tires changes I’ve seen have been for worn tires to the cord limit, not flat/low pressure/blown, so maybe that’s the difference.
Now I’m intrigued. And the more I think about it, the more I remember something like that. Is it because with a blown/deflated tire, the opposite tire on the truck is bearing more weight and has maybe been stressed to the point where failure is more likely?Yep. That’s the difference.