United B744 at Sydney on Oct 20th 2013, blew tyres on takeoff

Last Update: October 20, 2013 / 17:20:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-840

Departure
Sydney, Australia

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N182UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A United Boeing 747-400, registration N182UA performing flight UA-840 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was in the initial climb out of runway 34L when the crew reported it appeared they blew a tyre on takeoff, tower might want to double check the runway and they were returning to Sydney. Runway 34L was closed, a runway inspection discovered "lots of rubber" on the runway. The aircraft entered a hold at 10,000 feet to dump fuel and returned to Sydney for a safe landing on runway 34L about 90 minutes after departure. During roll out tower reported some smoke from the left main gear, it appeared there was some rubber missing from those wheels. The aircraft vacated the runway via taxiway G and stopped clear of the runway. Both left aft body gear tyres had separated with the wheels running on their rims, tyre debris impact marks around the wing root fairings.

Runway 34L was closed for about 20 minutes until the debris had been removed, but needed to be closed again due to damage on the runway caused by the wheels. The runway was opened and closed a number of times over the next 5 hours as result of the occurrence.

The flight was cancelled.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N182UA
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B744
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-840

Departure
Sydney, Australia

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N182UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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