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Old 20th Dec 2013, 08:43
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Foxcotte
 
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If you have contact with Cessna over their investigations into the left-tyre burst syndrome, perhaps they should also investigate what power settings caravan pilots use on short finals - the braking force from some of the approaches I have seen locally in East Africa would have to be a major contributing factor in bursting tyres.

Cessna should also take into consideration the location of 'home' base or parking areas when taking statistics on left-tyre bursts. There definitely seems to be a very high percentage of burst tyres occuring at/just before/immediately after the turning towards the parking area or towards the aircraft base. In humans I believe it might be called "Repetitive Strain Injury" - LTB in Cessna Caravans it seems.

Does anyone know if the 767 actually took off this morning from Arusha? Would love to know what the outcome of this incident is...
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