Alaska B739 at Seattle on May 18th 2015, both left main tyres deflated on landing

Last Update: May 18, 2015 / 22:18:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Alaska Airlines

Flight number
AS-601

Departure
Las Vegas, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N462AS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

Airport
Seattle Tacoma International Airport, Seattle

Airport ICAO Code
KSEA

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N462AS performing flight AS-601 (dep May 17th) from Las Vegas,NV to Seattle,WA (USA) with 173 people on board, touched down on Seattle's runway 34R at 00:05L (07:05Z), another aircraft was cleared to line up behind them, the crew of the aircraft lining up reported seeing some fire, sparks and smoke from the left main gear, tower reporting seeing nothing from tower. The aircraft rolled out while emergency services responded, the aircraft stopped on the runway with both left main tyres deflated. The occurrence crew queried whether it was the right or left main gear, the crew waiting for departure reconfirmed it was the left main gear, they were not seeing any debris on the runway. The waiting aircraft was instructed to taxi to runway 34L and departed from there. Emergency services requested the left engine of the occurrence Boeing to be shut down, then reported both left main gear tyres were "gone". The aircraft was disabled, the crew shut the aircraft down, the passengers disembarked onto the runway via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal, the aircraft was subsequently towed to the apron.



Metars:
KSEA 180953Z 03010KT 10SM SCT120 13/09 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01330094
KSEA 180853Z 02009KT 10SM FEW120 14/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01390094 58001
KSEA 180753Z 02006KT 10SM BKN120 15/10 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01500100 401940106
KSEA 180653Z 01006KT 10SM BKN120 BKN220 16/10 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01560100
KSEA 180553Z 01008KT 10SM SCT090 BKN120 BKN250 16/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01610094 10194 20156 50004
KSEA 180453Z 02005KT 10SM BKN110 BKN250 17/10 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01670100
KSEA 180353Z 34004KT 10SM FEW080 BKN250 16/09 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01610094
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N462AS
Country of Registration
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Alaska Airlines

Flight number
AS-601

Departure
Las Vegas, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N462AS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

Airport
Seattle Tacoma International Airport, Seattle

Airport ICAO Code
KSEA

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