Western Global MD11 at San Juan on Jun 22nd 2021, burst tyre on landing

Last Update: June 24, 2021 / 17:36:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 22, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Burst tyre on landing

Airline
Western Global Airlines

Flight number
FX-251

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Aircraft Registration
N513SN

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

A Western Global Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on behalf of Fedex Federal Express, registration N513SN performing flight FX-251 from Memphis,TN (USA) to San Juan (Puerto Rico), landed on San Juan's runway 08 but blew a main tyre on roll out. The aircraft briefly stopped on the runway, the crew advised they were able to vacate the runway, they did have an anti-skid fail.

The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT LANDED AND MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW DAMAGING GEAR DOORS, SAN JUAN, PR.", the aircraft sustained minor damage, the occurrence was rated an incident. The FAA however provided a wrong tail number N542KD which had landed in San Juan 2 days earlier as flight FX-51 and 2 days later was enroute over the Pacific Ocean towards Honolulu at the time of the occurrence.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N513SN
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
MD-11
Number of Seats
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ICAO Aircraft Type
MD11
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 22, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Burst tyre on landing

Airline
Western Global Airlines

Flight number
FX-251

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Aircraft Registration
N513SN

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

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