# Incident 19990818022499I: Boeing 737297, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, August 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1999, 12:42 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N462AT-2006-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-297 (registry code 1384480, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-297) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737297
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990818022499I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AIRTRAN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 866, 18AUG1999, JAMES S. SARGENT-CAPTAIN, BLOWN TIRE AND HYDRAULIC LOSS ON TAKEOFF. AT 130 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT HAD THE FEELING LIKE ROLLING ON A COBBLESTONE ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT AND NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.  AFTER ROTATION THE CAPTAIN CALLED FOR GEAR UP AND THE MASTER CAUTION, 2 SYSTEM A AND 1 SYSTEM B HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND THE CAPTAIN REQUESTED A RETURN.  THE TOWER INFORMED THE CREW THERE WAS RUBBER ON RUNWAY 17R.  A FLYBY WAS CONDUCTED AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17C, DIFFERENTIAL STEERING WAS UTILIZED DUE TO A LOSS OF STEERING, CAUSING HOT BRAKES AND THE FUSE PLUGS TO DEFLATE THE #1 TIRE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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