Southwest B738 at Denver on Jul 5th 2015, blew tyre on takeoff, hydraulic failure

Last Update: July 6, 2015 / 14:05:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 5, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-2869

Departure
Denver, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N8621A

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Southwest Boeing 737-800, registration N8621A performing flight WN-2869 from Denver,CO to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 183 people on board, was in the climb out of Denver's runway 34L when upon contacting departure the crew advised they suspected a blown tyre on takeoff and wanted to level off at 10,000 feet and return to Denver querying whether tower saw a tyre or debris of a tyre on the runway. Tower dispatched a runway inspection, which reported runway 34L was closed due to a lot of foreign object debris, a field about 2000 feet long consistent with a blown tyre, on the runway. In the meantime the crew advised they had lost A side hydraulics and would have no spoilers for landing, braking was unaffected however. Runway 34L, used as departure runway only, was prepared and opened for landing of WN-2869. Emergency services watching the aircraft on final approach through binoculars advised everything looked normal, during roll out emergency services commented it looked like there was a problem of the left main gear. The aircraft landed safely on runway 34L and stopped. Emergency services reported no brakes fire, the left inboard main tyre was blown, there was a little smoke from the left main gear and observed lots of hydraulic fluid from the left side of the fuselage, emergency services recommended to shut the engines down and run the APU, the aircraft was declared safe. Mobile stairs were taken to the aircraft's left main door, passengers disembarked via the stairs and were bussed to the terminal.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N8616C reached Los Angeles with a delay of 4:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 5, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-2869

Departure
Denver, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N8621A

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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