# Incident 20031024028329I: Cndair CL6002B19, Fresno, CA, October 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2003, 06:34 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 36.7766° N, 119.7188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL (FAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7766&lon=-119.7188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77260, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77260-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 125 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031024028329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 0634 PDT, A BOMBARDIER (CANADIER) REGIONAL JET, CL-600-2B19 MODEL AIRCRAFT, N77260, HAD AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FAT), FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, DUE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRES FAILING ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 29R. MESA AIRLINES, INC. (DBA: AMERICA WEST EXPRESS) WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 121. ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN, WHILE ON TAKEOFF ROLL, AT APPROXIMATELY 128 KNOTS (JUST PRIOR TO V1 ROTATION SPEED), HE HEARD TWO "THUMPS" IN CLOSE SUCCESSION AND REALIZED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRES HAD BLOWN. HE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE FAT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TO INFORM THEM OF THE EMERGENCY AND THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY AND TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY B10. WHEN THE CAPTAIN RELEASED THE BRAKES HE BECAME AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE STEERING TILLER WAS INOPERATIVE. HE GUIDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE USE OF THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE TAXIWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO PASSENGER OR FLIGHT CREW INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED FROM THE SUBJECT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT EXTERIOR RECEIVED VARIOUS DEGREES OF DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRES SEPARATING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES.

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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