- Date
- November 6, 1983, 19:08 local (Nov 7, 1983, 00:08 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 250 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N203EAAirbus Industrie A-300B4-2C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831106069119I
- Case key
- 31026
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Sequence of events
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Miscellaneous/other
Safety system(other) - failure,partialCause
Analysis
During takeoff ground roll the NO-4 tire failed followed by failures of the other surrounding tires. The takeoff was aborted and there was no fire. The fuse plug in the NO-4 tire was found partially melted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N203EA
- Reported as
- Airbus Industrie A-300B4-2C (A300B4-2C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 043
- Engine
- GE CF6-JOC, 50,400 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Eastern Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bank Of America Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 3, 1984
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami Int'L, runway 9L, 10,500 × 200 ft, asphalt
N203EARegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-2CAirframe modelAirbus Industrie A300 B4-2CEngine modelGE CF6-50 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,114 total · 1,480 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- MIA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.