19970108002449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 7374Y0 · Aruba, NT · January 8, 1997

Date: January 8, 1997 · 15:10 local
Place: Aruba, NT
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: RYNA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: EICNF
Reported as: Boeing 7374Y0
People aboard: 157
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,600 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: just prior to VI the left main outboard tire blew. The flight crew could see trailing edge flap damage, and the tower reported metal on the runway and damage to the left main gear door. The crew elected to stay in the area, burn off fuel and make an emergency landing. Concerned about the possibility of a post landing fire the decision was made to do an emergency evacuation. Prior to the landing the crew and passengers were briefed on what door would be used. The R1 door slide twisted on deployment so the crew opened the L1 door and deployed the slide. During the evacuation one passenger broke their ankle. After landing both engine fire bottles were discharged.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: JUST PRIOR TO VI THE LEFT MAIN OUTBOARD TIRE BLEW. THE FLIGHT CREW COULD SEE TRAILING EDGE FLAP DAMAGE, AND THE TOWER REPORTED METAL ON THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR. THE CREW ELECTED TO STAY IN THE AREA, BURN OFF FUEL AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A POST LANDING FIRE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DO AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION. PRIOR TO THE LANDING THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE BRIEFED ON WHAT DOOR WOULD BE USED. THE R1 DOOR SLIDE TWISTED ON DEPLOYMENT SO THE CREW OPENED THE L1 DOOR AND DEPLOYED THE SLIDE. DURING THE EVACUATION ONE PASSENGER BROKE THEIR ANKLE. AFTER LANDING BOTH ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED.