Service difficulty report · Tire · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
June 22, 2010
Submitted
June 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24841
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
314396
Part serial
9077P
Condition
Blown
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
15,497 hours, 11,054 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CLT - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MIA, EN ROUTE TO CLT, ATC NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT THERE WAS TIRE DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY AND THEY MAY HAVE A POSSIBLE BLOWN TIRE. CREW BELIEVED THE LEFT MAIN INBOARD NR 2 TIRE COULD POSSIBLY BE THE BLOWN TIRE. WHILE OVER MCO, CREW RELAYED THAT THEY WILL REQUEST A FLY-BY, RUNWAY 18C, AND CFR EQUIPMENT IN CLT. CLT ATC TOWER AND OPERATIONS WERE ADVISED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH ATC AND THE PASSENGER CABIN WAS ADVISED. A FLY-BY IN CLT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BUT GROUND PERSONNEL COULD SEE NO DAMAGE. FLIGHT LANDED NORMALLY AND TAXIED ONTO THE HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY AND STOPPED AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 MLG TIRE WAS SHREDDED AND DAMAGE WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE FLAPS AND FUSELAGE. THE NR 2 MLG TIRE WAS CHANGED ON THE TAXIWAY WITH PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT THEN TAXIED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 1 MLG TIRE DUE TO NR 2 MLG TIRE FAILURE. ALSO, DUE TO DAMAGE, REPLACED INBOARD GROUND SPOILER PER MM 27-62-12, INBOARD FOREFLAP PER MM 27-51-07, INBOARD AFT FLAP PER MM 27-51-11 AND REPAIRED LEFT INBOARD AFT LOWER PANEL. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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