# Incident 19980830034329I: Boeing 747212B, Miami, FL, August 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1998
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SRAA
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N745SJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747212B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980830034329I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 30, 1998, CAPTAIN PETER TABER, REPORTED AIRCRAFT N745SJ SPENT APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE HALF ON THE GROUND AT PANAMA CITY LOADING CARGO AND FUEL. THEIR DESTINATION WAS CLUDAD DEL ESTE IN PARAGUAY. THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS 760,000 POUNDS. THE CREW PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE BRAKE TEMPERATURE GAUGES DUE TO CONCERN ABOUT THE LONG TAXI TO RUNWAY 3R. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGES REMAINED IN THE APPROVED RANGE THROUGHOUT THE TAXI. THE CO-PILOT, TODD ALPIN MADE THE TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATIONS AS IT APPROACHED V, SPEED. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER DIAGNOSED THE VIBRATION AS THE FAILURE OF ONE OR MORE TIRES ON THE LEFT BODY STRUT. THE CREW CONTINUED THE TAKE-OFF SINCE THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED V1 SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED. THE CREW SURVEYED THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS FOR OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DAMAGE (LOSS OF FUEL, LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID OR ENGINE DAMAGE). SATISFIED THAT THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THE CREW RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY AND THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED. THE CREW MADE CONTACT WITH THE MIAMI CONTROL TOWER, AND WAS INFORMED THE TOWER CONTROLLER THAT DEBRIS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY WAS FROM BLOWN TIRES. THE CREW CONTACTED THE SOUTHERN AIRWAYS OPERATIONS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. OPERATIONS INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO RETURN TO MIAMI, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT THE PILOT IN COMMAND DEVELOPED AN ACTION PLAN WITH THE REST OF THE CREW. THE CREW WAS CERTAIN THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE DURING THE LAST TAKEOFF BUT WAS UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE SEVERITY OF THAT DAMAGE. THE CREW FELT CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NORMAL BRAKES AND ENGINE REVERSE DURING THE LANDING AT MIAMI. THE AIR CREW CONTACTED ATC AT MIAMI, FL, TO ADVISE THEM OF THEIR REQUIREMENT FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SHUTDOWN OF THE LANDING RUNWAY. THE CREW DECIDED TO DUMP APPROXIMATELY 70,000 POUNDS OF FUEL PRIOR TO LANDING. THE CREW REQUESTED A VECTOR OVER THE EVERGLADES TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE FALLING OBJECT FROM BEING DROPPED IN TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE CONTROLLED TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT N-745SJ TO MAKE AN ILS LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED THE LOSSS OF THE NUMBER ONE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ON ROLL-OUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY UNDER IT'S OWN POWER.

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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