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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · EMB ERJ 170-100SU · Pittsburgh, PA · August 3, 2009

Date: August 3, 2009 · 23:35 local
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
Airport: Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: R61A
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N818MD
Reported as: EMB ERJ170100SU
People aboard: 80
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N818MDRegistered now · Embraer ERJ 170-100SUS/N 17000039 Airframe modelEmbraer ERJ 170-100SU Engine modelGE CF34 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Right outboard tire failure had occurred. Damage occurred to right outboard landing gear door, bottom of wing (puncture), wing access panel, two attaching tubes, (one bent and the other broken). Tire appeared to have approximately 50 percent tread life remaiing. Kansas city airport manager privacy data omitted said after a runway sweep that several piece of concrete 2 inches by three inches were found. A hole of the same size was found, and a work order hs been submitted to repair the runway.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT OUTBOARD TIRE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO RIGHT OUTBOARD LANDING GEAR DOOR, BOTTOM OF WING (PUNCTURE), WING ACCESS PANEL, TWO ATTACHING TUBES, (ONE BENT AND THE OTHER BROKEN). TIRE APPEARED TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT TREAD LIFE REMAIING. KANSAS CITY AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID AFTER A RUNWAY SWEEP THAT SEVERAL PIECE OF CONCRETE 2 INCHES BY THREE INCHES WERE FOUND. A HOLE OF THE SAME SIZE WAS FOUND, AND A WORK ORDER HS BEEN SUBMITTED TO REPAIR THE RUNWAY.