- Date
- April 10, 1983, 19:58 local (Apr 11, 1983, 01:58 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 245 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8085UDouglas DC-8-71
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830410028879I
- Case key
- 12045
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Other gear collapsed
Landing gear,tire - burstCause
Landing gear,main gear - burnedFactor
Landing gear,wheel - fireFactor
Analysis
While in curise flight a tire on theleft main landing gear blew out. On landing roll a fire erupted in the area of the left main landing gear, which was extinguished by airport crash rescue personal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8085U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8-71
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45975
- Airframe hours
- 37,326
- Engine
- GE CFM562C1, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSP · Minneapolis, runway 4, 8,256 × 500 ft
N8085URegistration cancelled May 17, 2006 · Douglas DC-8-71FAirframe modelDouglas DC-8-71FEngine modelCFM International CFM56 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 5° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.