Air Canada B763 at Toronto on Jun 28th 2015, damaged tyre on takeoff

Last Update: July 10, 2015 / 19:47:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-810

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
C-GHOZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Air Canada Boeing 767-300, registration C-GHOZ performing flight AC-810 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Istanbul (Turkey) with 220 people on board, was climbing out of Toronto when the crew was advised they had possibly blown a tyre. The aircraft stopped the climb at 16,000 feet, the crew reported a blown left main tyre and damage to the wing and returned to Toronto for a safe landing on runway 33R about 70 minutes after departure and stopped on the runway.

The Canadian TSB reported the #2 tyre on the left main gear tyre had failed during the takeoff run. After landing the tyre was replaced on the runway and the aircraft taxied to the gate. Maintenance found that the tyre itself was holding pressure, however the recap had failed. There was damage to the upper secondary wing panels within the main left wheel well, the electrical harness of the left main gear was damaged, there was damage to the left inboard leading edge flap and tyre scuff marks underneath the L1 door sill. The aircraft was repaired, tyre #6 was replaced, too, in according with the aircraft maintenance manual. Tyre #2 was on its 4th recap which is the maximum number of recaps before the tyre has to be disposed.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-810

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
C-GHOZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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