Southwest B737 at Dallas on Aug 22nd 2014, two tyres damaged on departure

Last Update: August 22, 2014 / 20:34:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 22, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-8

Departure
Dallas Love, United States

Destination
Austin, United States

Aircraft Registration
N726SW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N726SW performing flight WN-8 from Dallas Love,TX to Austin,TX (USA) with 125 passengers and 5 crew, departed Dallas Love Field's runway 13L. During the climb to 10,000 feet the crew requested a runway inspection suspecting they might have blown a tyre, in response all traffic approaching runway 13L was swung over to runway 13R and departures not released. A runway inspection found debris on the runway, the runway was closed. N726SW stopped the climb at FL200 and decided to return to Dallas Love, performed a low approach to runway 13R to have the landing gear inspected from the ground identifying the left outboard main tyre had burst and the inboard left main tyre appeared damaged. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 13R, in the flare the crew made sure the right hand main gear touched down first and smoothed the left main gear onto the runway, then rolled out safely stopping on the runway. The aircraft was towed off the runway after the tyres were replaced.
Aircraft Registration Data
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N726SW
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 22, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-8

Departure
Dallas Love, United States

Destination
Austin, United States

Aircraft Registration
N726SW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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