Preliminary Report Indicates All Three Tires Were Inflated And Showed No Abnormal Signs Of Wear

Witness reports from an accident in Santa Monica, CA involving a Cessna Citation indicated that the airplane appeared to "blow a tire" on landing, causing it to veer off the runway and impact a hangar. The accident and ensuing fire resulted in the fatal injury of the four people on board the airplane.

But the NTSB's preliminary report does not indicate that there was a problem with the tires on the airplane.

According to the report, on September 29, 2013, at 1820 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 525A Citation, N194SJ, veered off the right side of runway 21 and collided with a hangar at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport, Santa Monica, California.  The private pilot and three passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed by a post-crash fire. The airplane was registered to CREX-MML LLC, and operated by the pilot as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 91 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated at Hailey, Idaho, about 1614.
 
Witnesses reported observing the airplane make a normal approach and landing.  The airplane traveled down the right side of the runway, eventually veered off the runway, impacted the 1,000-foot runway distance remaining sign, continued to travel in a right-hand turn, and impacted a hangar structural post with the right wing.  The airplane came to rest inside the hangar and the damage to the hangar structure caused the roof to collapse onto the airplane. A post-accident fire quickly ensued.
 
On-scene examination of the wreckage and runway revealed that there was no airplane debris on the runway. The three landing gear tires were inflated and exhibited no unusual wear patterns. The FAA control tower local controller reported that the pilot did not express over the radio any problems prior to or during the landing.

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