# Incident 19970807027239I: Mtsbsi MU2B36, Rockford, IL, August 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1997, 09:55 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Greater Rockford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305CW-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 (registry code 5780412, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 500 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/19970807027239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT ROTATION SPEED, ON DEPARTURE FROM RFD RWY 19, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND VIBRATION FELT. ACFT WAS ROTATED INTO AIR AND SEEMED NORMAL. ASSUMED TIRE HAD FAILED. CONTACTED COMPANY AND DEVIATED TO YIP. DID FLY-BY FOR GROUND VISUAL ON GEAR AND MADE NORMAL LANDING. NOTICED LH BRAKE FAILURE ON ROLL-OUT AND USED REV THRUST AND RIGHT SIDES BRAKE TO STOP. TAXIED TO RAMP NORMAL. LH MLG TIRE TREAD (RECAP) SEPARATED FROM CARCASS UPON ROTATION FOR TAKEOFF AT SEPARATION, TIRE TREAD DAMAGED BRAKE LINE, PROP, AFT GEAR DOOR AND CONNECTING ROD. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. ACFT WAS INSPECTED BY IFC @ THE ARRIVING ARPT (YIP) NOT AT THE DEPARTURE (RFD) POINT.

## Other reports on N305CW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19801211088949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211088949I), Dec 11, 1980: Mtsbsi MU2* (N305CW), Midland, TX, Minor damage. Pilot moved gear selector switch to down position but failed to visually check position.

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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