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.
(-5) Air carrier dal 1144, MD90, mci-slc. Pilot believed he blew a tire on take off. The pilot declared an emergency and returned to mci. Landed the aircraft without further incendent. Investigation revealed the right main, inboard tire, cap seperated. The tire cap caused substantial damage to the right inboard, main tire deflector, right wing inboard flap and vane. Chunks of tire cap were thrown into #2 engine intake causing substantial damage to the engines nose cowl and a min of 6 inlet blades were bent and damaged from debris. The aircraft was hangered at twa/mci. Delta maintenance crew, removed and replaced the tire, tire deflector, right wing flap/vane and #2 engine and cowl.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) AIR CARRIER DAL 1144, MD90, MCI-SLC. PILOT BELIEVED HE BLEW A TIRE ON TAKE OFF. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MCI. LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCENDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN, INBOARD TIRE, CAP SEPERATED. THE TIRE CAP CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT INBOARD, MAIN TIRE DEFLECTOR, RIGHT WING INBOARD FLAP AND VANE. CHUNKS OF TIRE CAP WERE THROWN INTO #2 ENGINE INTAKE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINES NOSE COWL AND A MIN OF 6 INLET BLADES WERE BENT AND DAMAGED FROM DEBRIS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANGERED AT TWA/MCI. DELTA MAINTENANCE CREW, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TIRE, TIRE DEFLECTOR, RIGHT WING FLAP/VANE AND #2 ENGINE AND COWL.
Other reports on N909DA · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.