20030105000449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-10-30 · Dothan, AL · January 5, 2003

Date
January 5, 2003 · 20:12 local
Place
Dothan, AL
Airport
Dothan Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
WRLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N526MD
Reported as
Doug DC1030
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,180 total549 in this make and model112 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) While taxiing for take-off aircraft ran over a runway light. Number 1 and 5 main tires blew out on take-off. The Dothan control tower informed the crew that they heard the tires blow and verified the tires blew on take-off. The aircraft returned to Dothan and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF AIRCRAFT RAN OVER A RUNWAY LIGHT. NUMBER 1 AND 5 MAIN TIRES BLEW OUT ON TAKE-OFF. THE DOTHAN CONTROL TOWER INFORMED THE CREW THAT THEY HEARD THE TIRES BLOW AND VERIFIED THE TIRES BLEW ON TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DOTHAN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.