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Inboard right main tire blew out on a DC9-50 during takeoff resulting in the flight crew declaring an emergency for landing at their destination in order to have emergency equipment standing by just in case of trouble.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 400427 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl airport : sat |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 400427 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3300 flight time type : 490 |
| ASRS Report | 400421 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On takeoff runway 12R, right at V1, noticed a rumbling from the main gear on rotation (vr). The rumbling sound got louder. Suspected a blown tire. Sat tower confirmed debris on runway. Flight was continued to stl. An emergency was declared, a tower fly-by was made, and landing made with emergency equipment standing by. The landing was uneventful. Damage to inboard right main tire, right inboard trailing edge flap. Supplemental information from acn 400421: we did notice a slight smell of 'burned rubber' in the airplane, but only for a few seconds. The captain declared an emergency, briefed the flight attendants, and informed the passenger what was happening. We did a fly-by at stl airport (runway 30L), to see if stl tower could verify the condition of our landing gear. They could not verify our condition because it was too dark. The stl fire department checked our landing gear and found no evidence of smoke or fire. The aircraft was towed to the gate and the passenger were deplaned. The captain and I then looked at the airplane. The r-hand inboard tire had blown and was missing its recap outer portion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INBOARD R MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT ON A DC9-50 DURING TKOF RESULTING IN THE FLC DECLARING AN EMER FOR LNDG AT THEIR DEST IN ORDER TO HAVE EMER EQUIP STANDING BY JUST IN CASE OF TROUBLE.
Narrative: ON TKOF RWY 12R, RIGHT AT V1, NOTICED A RUMBLING FROM THE MAIN GEAR ON ROTATION (VR). THE RUMBLING SOUND GOT LOUDER. SUSPECTED A BLOWN TIRE. SAT TWR CONFIRMED DEBRIS ON RWY. FLT WAS CONTINUED TO STL. AN EMER WAS DECLARED, A TWR FLY-BY WAS MADE, AND LNDG MADE WITH EMER EQUIP STANDING BY. THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. DAMAGE TO INBOARD R MAIN TIRE, R INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 400421: WE DID NOTICE A SLIGHT SMELL OF 'BURNED RUBBER' IN THE AIRPLANE, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE CAPT DECLARED AN EMER, BRIEFED THE FLT ATTENDANTS, AND INFORMED THE PAX WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE DID A FLY-BY AT STL ARPT (RWY 30L), TO SEE IF STL TWR COULD VERIFY THE CONDITION OF OUR LNDG GEAR. THEY COULD NOT VERIFY OUR CONDITION BECAUSE IT WAS TOO DARK. THE STL FIRE DEPT CHKED OUR LNDG GEAR AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE. THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE AND THE PAX WERE DEPLANED. THE CAPT AND I THEN LOOKED AT THE AIRPLANE. THE R-HAND INBOARD TIRE HAD BLOWN AND WAS MISSING ITS RECAP OUTER PORTION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.