# Incident 20100806039449I: Boeing 737-4B7, Philadelphia, PA, August 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450UW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N450UW-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-4B7 (registry code 138449C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-4b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-4B7
- Reported engine: GE CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 149
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- 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/20100806039449I

## Narrative

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

PHL TOWER REPORTS:USAIRWAYS FLIGHT 1651, A BOEING B737, RETURNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27L.AIRCRAFT REPORTED A BLOWN TIRE ON TAKE-OFF ROTATION. PIC ACCOMPLISHED A TOWER FLY-BY TO VERIFY HIS SUSPICION OF A BLOWN TIRE. PHL TOWER VERIFIED THAT THE LEFT OUTBOARD MAIN TIRE WAS INDEED BLOWN.  PIC FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO BURN OFF EXCESSIVE FUEL AND RETURNED TO LAND WITH 8200 LBS FOB.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT PHL ON RUNWAY 27L WITH AIRPORT RESCUE  AND FIRE FIGHTING CREWS DISPATCHED.  USAIR MAINTENANCE RESPONDED,  TECHNICIANS INSERTED LANDING SAFETY PINS, INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT TO FIND A BLOWN LEFT MAIN OUTBOARD TIRE AND AN OVERSTRESSED INBOARD TIRE. VISUAL INSPECTION TO THE SURROUNDING AREA FOUND ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR ASSY (FLYING DOOR) AND THE INBOARD AFT FLAP ASSY.  PASSENGERS WERE DISEMBARKED WITH PEOPLE MOVERS.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT INBOARD AND OUTBOARD MAIN WHEELS AND THE AIRCRAFT TOWED TO THE USAIRWAYS MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOR REPAIRS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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