# Incident 20000529031139I: Doug DC1030, Bombay, II, May 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2000
- Place: Bombay, II
- Airport: Mumbai Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Aircraft: N239NW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1030
- People aboard: 265
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000529031139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NWA FLIGHT 57 BOM, MOMBAI, INDIA (VABB) TO AMS, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (EHAM) WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF HAD TO BACK TAXI ON RUNWAY 27, WHILE MAKING THE 180 DEGREE SHARP TURN AROUND HAD A TIRE BLOW. CREW DID NOT IDENTIFY THE "NOISE" AS A BLOWN TIRE AND TOOK OFF.THE TIRE DEBRIS DID SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE DAMAGE WAS A HOLE APPROX. 3 FEET BY 5 FEET JUST AFT OF THE WHEEL WELL. THE NUMBER TWO HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID WAS LOST AND THE A/C RETURNED TO VABB AFTER DUMPING 140,000 LBS. OF FUEL. TAKE OFF GROSS WEIGHT 551,441. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO CREW (17) OR PASSENGERS (265) & NO DAMAGE TO OTHER PROPERTY.

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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