# Incident 19990822025819I: Doug DC932, Bloomington-Nor, IL, August 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1999, 15:12 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821AT-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990822025819I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/22/99, AT APPROXIMATELY 1512 CDT, CAPTAIN PETE WILLIS THE APPROPRIATELY RATED PILOT IN COMMAND, STARTED TO TAXI TO THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. ABOUT 1/2 WAY TO THE RUNWAY THE PIC DID NOT THINK THE AIRCRAFT FELT RIGHT AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON A PARALLEL TAXIWAY NOTICED THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE SPINNING ON THE WHEEL AND THE WHEEL NOT TURNING. THE PIC STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE TO BE FLAT. ALL PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE PERSONAL REPLACED BOTH LEFT MAIN WHEELS ASSEMBLIES, CHECKED THE LEFT BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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