Howdy all,

Recently took a KA job (air ambulance) and had a question. I'm flying a 200 with skinny tires, no previous KA experience, but two type ratings and a good amount of non-type turbine time.

Since we fly into some short fields, and having never done an actual short field/max performance landing, I tried one on a repo leg (the thought of trying my first short field on an actual short field with a patient seemed a bad idea). On post flight, I found the left outboard tire badly flat spotted. The other three mains showed some slight checking (what I would consider normal under hard braking).

So my question, is asymmetric braking between the wheels on the same side common? My mechanic didn't seem worried about it, but since both wheels on each leg share the same hydraulics, it seems bizarre to me.

Thanks for any info.

(Mods, feel free to move this. I was unsure where I should put this.)