# Incident 20100508034059I: Boeing 767-322, Dulles, VA, May 8, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2010, 20:28 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Airport: Washington Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N652UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N652UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-322 (registry code 1385200, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-322
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100508034059I

## Narrative

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

UNITED AIRLINES (UALA) FLIGHT 950, A BOEING 767, DEPARTED IAD RUNWAY 01R AT 21:44 HOURS (UTC).  UALA OPERATIONS RECEIVED CALL THAT SOMETHING HAD FALLEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERFORMED A CHECK OF THE RUNWAY, FINDING A POTHOLE IN THE RUNWAY AND DEBRIS THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE FROM UAL950.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAD, LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT 00:38 HOURS (UTC) WITH A BLOWN TIRE.  AIRCREW MANEUVERED AIRCRAFT TO TAXIWAY, WHERE PASSENGERS EVACUATED VIA PEOPLE MOVERS.  NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.  THE #3 TIRE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE TAXIWAY, THEN TOWED TO MAINTENANCE AREA.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE #3 AFT TIRE HAD BURST ON TAKE-OFF.  ADDITIONALLY, THE J-BOX ON THE ASSOCIATED LANDING GEAR (RIGHT MAIN) WAS MISALIGNED AND THE #8 SPOILER HAD A SMALL HOLE.  MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TIRE LOSS AND TREAD LOSS INSPECTIONS PER AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL, AND IN ADDITION TO THE #3 TIRE, REPLACED THE #4 TIRE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.  THE J-BOX WAS RE-ALLIGNED TO ITS PROPER POSITION.  THE SPOILER WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED, THEN DEFERRED FOR 600 CYCLES OR NEXT HEAVY CHECK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND DEPARTED FOR BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY.  IAD AIRPORT OPERATIONS REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A POTHOLE AT THE BEGINNING OF RUNWAY 01R, APPROXIMATELY 10' RIGHT OF CENTERLINE.  THE POTHOLE WAS A PREVIOUS PATCH THAT BECAME DISLODGED AND HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT, AS THE ACTUAL PATCH WAS FOUND ON THE RIGHT APRON OF THE RUNWAY.  CONTINUED INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED TIRE DEBRIS SPANNING MID RUNWAY, PRESUMED TO BE FROM UAL950.  THE POTHOLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE RUNWAY WAS PLACED BACK IN SERVICE.

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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