Blown Tire

[Aerobat007]

Hello,

i have been looking over some possible questions for my up coming interview and one question is ... You have a tandem tire main gear and notice one tire is bald and low on air, the other is fine. Which one has the problem?? Can anyone help explain where this question is going. Is thier an answer other than the tire thats low on air is the issue??

Thank you in advance for some insight on this.

 

[boxjockey]

I say F@ck it! Call MX and go get some lunch. That's what I do. They both have the problem, since you can't go without both in proper condition.


box

 

[DoJetMX]

I say F@ck it! Call MX and go get some lunch. That's what I do. They both have the problem, since you can't go without both in proper condition.


box

Inspected MLG tires, tires within limits, ok to continue service.

MX

 

[Gulfstream 200]

who cares which one may blow...

it needs to be fixed. Low bald tires can kill you, or at least screw up your day!

yet another stupid interview question.

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

For all practical purposes: both tires are bad.

I am guessing that they are hoping you reason out to an answer similar to this:

The tire that appears low, and bald is merely showing increased wear due to the other tire being completely flat. This caused the good tire to carry twice its normal load, leading to the bald condition, and the flat appearance...

Ever notice how truck drivers smack thier tires with a crowbar at truck stops? That is because with a set of dual wheels, a flat tire isn't very obvious. The other tire will support the weight and it'll be pretty tough to spot that from a distance.

In real life (tm), if I see a bald or low tire, I kick all of them to make sure they've at least got pressure. Then you go get Maintenance and have them check it out. Often times, a single flat tire will cause the other one to need replacement as well, because it will have been overloaded by its mate's failure.

Yep, some interviewer read a thing in some magazine that talked about a set of dual wheels and stuff. Not really a good question to ask, now if they had an example of such on hand for the interview, that is a different matter. More of a visual thing if you ask me.

Dan

 

[Aerobat007]

makes sense thanks!

 

[blzr]

Make sure your interviewer goober knows that you are there for the PILOTS interview, not mtx.

 

[sf3boy]

Tell the interviewer chick that all the tires can be completely bald with even some cord showing. At the great Mesaba Airlines, we receive memos semi annually telling us to quit writing up tires unless they are worn through at least two layers of cord. We as pilots write em up, mx comes out and signs of the logbook "withing limits, ops check good."

 

[Bayoupilot]

Aerobat007, put some spaces between a/c types in your Aircraft Experience section! It messes up the HTML, makes your posts hard to read!

 

[Aerobat007]

thanks for all your help interviewed yesterday and didnt get that question but ilearned something anyways thanks all

 

[146guy]

did you get the job?

 

[ASH]

Sounds like a CHQ question. Good ole' Bart

 

[Aerobat007]

not sure if i got the job or not i lost my voice and train of thought...couldnt believe it!!!

 

[sbn340mech]

Tell the interviewer chick that all the tires can be completely bald with even some cord showing. At the great Mesaba Airlines, we receive memos semi annually telling us to quit writing up tires unless they are worn through at least two layers of cord. We as pilots write em up, mx comes out and signs of the logbook "withing limits, ops check good."

How da hell do you ops check a tire??

 

[mordi]

CFI Dan had it right. If you call MX, and they find that one tire was indeed low, then they will change both tires on that axel. Since it is not known how much the good tire was stressed, both are required to be changed out. I'm gessing that only the guys that retread them can correctly inspect the tire caseing for reuse.

The correct "book" answer for anything is call MX.