Pilot lost control of GA small aircraft when landing made with flat main gear tire.

Attributes
ACN	100540
Time
Date	198812
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : elp
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bos
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	100540
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On landing, aircraft left main tire was flat. When aircraft settled down on flat tire the wheel dug into runway and spun aircraft around damaging left main gear left wing tip and left horizontal stabilizer.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT LOST CONTROL OF GA SMA WHEN LNDG MADE WITH FLAT MAIN GEAR TIRE.

Narrative: ON LNDG, ACFT LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT. WHEN ACFT SETTLED DOWN ON FLAT TIRE THE WHEEL DUG INTO RWY AND SPUN ACFT AROUND DAMAGING LEFT MAIN GEAR LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.