Some operators are unaware of appropriate tire-pressure check intervals and, as a result, are flying airplanes with dangerously under-inflated tires, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says, citing the fatal crash of a Bombardier Learjet Model 60 that was attributed to poor tire maintenance (“Thrust Into an Overrun”).1
Pressure Check
Many pilots and maintenance technicians don’t realize that routine tire-pressure checks are crucial to safe operations.