# Incident 20030404009229I: Boeing 737347, Helena, MT, April 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2003, 22:54 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 46.6067° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HELENA RGNL (HLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6067&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308WA-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-347 (registry code 138447U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737347
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404009229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 4, 2003, DELTA FLIGHT 1452, ENROUTE FROM SALT LAKE CITY (SLC), UTAH, TO HELENA (HLN), MONTANA, LANDED AT HLN. AFTER LANDING AND POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT APPROXIMATELY 2/3 OF THE TIRE TREAD WAS SHREDDED AND MISSING FROM THE #1 MLG TIRE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INBOUND FLAP AND THE LEFT MLG STRUT COVER DOOR WAS MISSING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TAKE-OFF AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL. THE #1 TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED IN HLN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO SLC. THE INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N308WA (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050722015489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050722015489I), Jul 22, 2005: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Jackson, WY. (-23) During takeoff roll the number one engine ingested a bird, and the aircraft aborted takeoff.
- [Incident 20010816019969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816019969I), Aug 16, 2001: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) ATC cleared delta 1521 for takeoff on dfw runway 18L just 30 seconds before clearing Continental 1487, which had just landed on runway 18R, to cross…
- [Incident 19970430013079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970430013079I), Apr 30, 1997: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: delta 1939 encountered two or more sea gulls while on final approach to slc. One bird struck the left main gear another the right side of the nose…
- [Incident 19960828035139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828035139I), Aug 28, 1996: Boeing 737300 (N308WA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on August 28, 1996 delta airlines flight 2077 departed Santa Ana, CA, Orange county airport to salt lake city, UT. On take off from runway 19R…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.