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Type: Airworthiness
Notice Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Notice Number: NOTC4695
Tire Safety Course from Michelin Available
This notice expired on
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Michelin and the FAA Safety Team partnered to offer a free online tire maintenance course, The Impact of Tire Maintenance on Aircraft Safety. "Tire maintenance is often overlooked in aviation; this course will help reinforce this important part of aviation safety," said Brad Beall, Michelin Aircraft Tire zone director for North and South America.
Michelin Engineering developed the course after a Learjet 60 crash at Columbia regional airport helped drive home the importance of tire maintenance and foreign object debris removal. "The cause of the crash was found to be under-inflated tires; it was a preventable accident."
 
The program to help educate pilots and maintenance technicians about the importance of maintaining proper tire pressure was first presented at the 2010 NBAA conference. It has since been provided at several other smaller regional events and is now available online, as Course # ALC-269 at faasafety.gov. Both AMT and WINGs credit is available upon completion.