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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · April 17, 2011

Date
April 17, 2011 · 01:49 local
Airport
Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WRNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N950AR
Reported as
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW4460
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
15,500 total449 in this make and model220 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.

The first officer was landing the aircraft in agt, at approximately 30 feet above touchdown the aircraft encountered a left drift resulting in a landing 1200 feet down the runway, left of centerline. The left drift continued after touchdown and the left main landing gear struck a runway edge light junction box left the hard surface of the runway at approximately 1800 feet down the runway. At this time the #5 main tire ruptured and the aircraft continued parallel to the runway for approximately 1300 feet when it was corrected to the centerline of the runway by the captain. During roll out the crew encountered a tire failure warning.

As the FAA filed it

THE FIRST OFFICER WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IN AGT, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LEFT DRIFT RESULTING IN A LANDING 1200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE LEFT DRIFT CONTINUED AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT JUNCTION BOX LEFT THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME THE #5 MAIN TIRE RUPTURED AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET WHEN IT WAS CORRECTED TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY BY THE CAPTAIN. DURING ROLL OUT THE CREW ENCOUNTERED A TIRE FAILURE WARNING.