# Incident 19940203008689I: Lkheed 1011*, London, UK, February 3, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1994, 11:00 local time
- Place: London, UK
- Airport: Gatwick Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Aircraft: N739DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1011*
- People aboard: 254
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940203008689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 3, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100AM. DELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT 11 DEPARTED LONDON ENGLAND'S GATWICK (GTW) AIRPORT FOR ATLANTA, GA. THE CAPTAIN OF FLIGHT 11, ANL-1011, WAS RICHARD KAUFFMAN. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, TOWER ADVISED THAT DEBRIS HAD FALLEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER AN ASSESSMENT WHICH INCLUDED INTERNAL AIRCRAFT CONDITION INDICATORS, WEATHER AND INFORMATION SUPPLIED FROM GROUND OBSERVERS, A DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO ATLANTA. UPON ARRIVING IN ATLANTA, A CHASE PLANE VISUAL ASSESSMENT REVEALED A BLOWN #1 TIRE ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. CAPT. KAUFFMAN THEN MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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