- Date
- July 19, 1991, 19:20 local (Jul 20, 1991, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N96HDouglas DC-3C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910719028959A
- Case key
- 18114
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Probable cause
The failure of the right main landing gear tire.
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.
Analysis
During takeoff, the right landing gear tire exploded causing the pilot to lose control of the aircraft. The aircraft subsequently ground looped. The left main gear collapsed in overload as the aircraft veered off the runway and into the dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96H
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19224
- Engine
- P&W R1830-92, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- B&M Enterprises, doing business as New Mexico Flying Service
- Destination
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- ABQ · Albuquerque International, runway 17, 10,010 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,277 total · 721 in this make and model · 3,784 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.