After touchdown, the student stood on the brakes for max braking, but locked up the left main, and we heard the hiss from the tire being blown, followed by the airplane pulling to the left.
Aircraft
Training flight encounters near miss in pattern
The other pilot said that they had us on their ADS-B in, but in my opinion they did not because we barely were able to avoid them.
Politeness overrides concern for safety
What really caused the problem was that I allowed my impulse to not allow the helicopter pilot’s politeness to be wasted, to override my initial decision to go around, and attempted to salvage a touch and go landing from an unusual position, in an intentionally tight pattern that offers minimal margin for correcting off-nominal altitude and speed.
Pilot smells smoke while flying home from annual inspection
I could smell a distinct smell of oil/rubber burning. I decided to get the fire extinguish ready and available if a fire broke out.
RV-12 pilot learns not to trust his fuel gauges
This is a relatively new aircraft with three different fuel gauges and it has a very low burn rate. I have come to not trust two of the gauges.
Engine fails after top overhaul
Fortunately my incident caused by the improper repair of my engine was not fatal. No one was injured when we landed with loss of forward thrust. However, the next pilot may not have the good fortune that we had.
CFI and student barely avoid plane that was ‘completely out of control’
The 421 was completely out of control and at full power about to hit and kill us head on.
Instructional flight ends in smoke-filled cabin
I began to smell something burning, and at the same time, the flaps had come to a stop. I instructed the student to end the maneuver. By this time, smoke started to fill the cabin.
Maintenance error leads to throttle stuck at full power
The bolt holding the throttle cable fell off due to being improperly secured after a carburetor replacement approximately five hours before the malfunction.