- Date
- September 21, 1987, 16:02 local (21:02 UTC)
- Place
- Tyndall Afb, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N900MDGates Learjet 36A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31804
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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.
Analysis
The captain aborted the takeoff at 124 KTS after hearing an explosive sound, feeling the aircraft swerve, and seeing debris from a main wheel rim and brake being thrown forward of the aircraft. The aircraft continued down the runway, barely controllable and without wheel brakes. It then collided with the capture barrier at the end of the runway and overran the runway. The operator attributed the explosive sound to failure of one of the left main gear wheel rims. A brake line on the left gear was severed during the occurrence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N900MD
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 36A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 045
- Airframe hours
- 3,154
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-2-2B, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight International, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Trading Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PAM · Tyndall Afb, runway 31L, 8,075 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 10 nm away