- Date
- August 25, 1984, 18:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 96 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N411EAMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825070049I
- Case key
- 31043
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,tire - failure,totalFactor
Aborted takeoff - performed
Landing gear,tire - undeterminedCause
Analysis
Just prior to V1 and rotation both left main landing gear tires failed. Takeoff was aborted and acft was stopped on rwy. Pax & crew deplaned without injury. Cause of tire failure could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N411EA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47732
- Airframe hours
- 20,546
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-17, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Eastern Airlines (Eala)
- Registered owner
- Connecticut Bank & Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- HED · Hartford, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MCO · Orlando, runway 18, 12,004 × 200 ft, asphalt
N411EARegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2002 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,404 total · 8,941 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.