20071111827379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 60LEAR · Kansas City, MO · November 11, 2007

Date
November 11, 2007 · 08:45 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N733SW
Reported as
Lear 60LEAR
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,877 total302 in this make and model148 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) The second in command was performing the takeoff in N733SW on runway 19 at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (mkc), Kansas City, Missouri enroute to the new century aircenter airport (ixd), olathe, Kansas. As the aircraft reached a speed above 80 knots and just below V1, the pilot in command noted that the left wing had dropped lower and the aircraft was not accelerating normally. The pilot in command took the controls, aborted the takeoff, and elected to steer the airplane into the grassy area to the left side of runway 19 to avoid hitting the approach lights and the Missouri river dike at the departure end of the runway. The initial investigation revealed that both left main tires had failed during the takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE SECOND IN COMMAND WAS PERFORMING THE TAKEOFF IN N733SW ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC), KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ENROUTE TO THE NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER AIRPORT (IXD), OLATHE, KANSAS. AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED A SPEED ABOVE 80 KNOTS AND JUST BELOW V1, THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTED THAT THE LEFT WING HAD DROPPED LOWER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING NORMALLY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND TOOK THE CONTROLS, ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, AND ELECTED TO STEER THE AIRPLANE INTO THE GRASSY AREA TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19 TO AVOID HITTING THE APPROACH LIGHTS AND THE MISSOURI RIVER DIKE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH LEFT MAIN TIRES HAD FAILED DURING THE TAKEOFF.