Electra B734 at Cologne and Tel Aviv on Jul 1st 2019, burst tyre on departure
Last Update: July 10, 2019 / 19:33:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Electra Airways
Flight number
EAF-102
Departure
Cologne, Germany
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
LZ-EBA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400
ICAO Type Designator
B734
The occurrence aircraft was still on the ground in Tel Aviv about 24 hours after landing.
On Jul 10th 2019 Israel's AIAI released a safety event message in Hebrew advising the lead investigator is Germany's BFU. The AIAI performed investigations like interviews with the crew and a first assessment of the situation on request by the BFU.
The AIAI reported that during departure from Cologne's runway 32R the crew noticed noises and vibrations just prior to V1 however within limits, the crew continued takeoff, after becoming airborne the gear retracted normally and no adverse indications existed, the crew thus decided to continue. A subsequent runway inspection found debris on the runway distributed over a long distance. The debris was identified as the remains of two tyres as well as a gear door. The crew was informed about the findings but considered the damage to be minimal and decided to continue to Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv Airport prepared for a major emergency, about 100 emergency vehicles were dispatched to the aerodrome. Upon arriving in Israeli Airspace fighter aircraft inspected the aircraft and reported only the outboard left main tyre was damaged. The aircraft landed on Tel Aviv's runway 30.
Tyre #1, the damaged tyre, was a new one which had not been retreaded. Although the tyre showed some heat marks, the fuses had not opened and were intact. The tyre pressures in the other three tyres was intact at 200 psi.
The tyre was held by a wheel consisting of two flanges, that were assembled together by 16 screws and nuts. 6 of those screws were found fractured, all of them in sequence position 7 to 12. The other 10 screws were visually examined and then removed. 8 of the 10 nuts on those screws were found not suitable. The 6 fractured screws did not fail at once, the fracture surfaces suggest the screws failed one after the other, during the takeoff run at Cologne the last 2 of them fractured.
The flanges were checked and were found without any cracks.
The results suggest that no foreign object and no underpressure of the tyre contributed to the tyre damage. Israel's lead investigator believes due to the fractured 6 screws at the sector positions 7 to 12 and the high tyre pressure the two flanges separated temporarily releasing tyre pressure during the takeoff run. For further investigation the parts, the 6 failed as well as the 10 remaining screws and nuts have been sent to the BFU.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Electra Airways
Flight number
EAF-102
Departure
Cologne, Germany
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
LZ-EBA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400
ICAO Type Designator
B734
This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
Article source
You can read 2 more free articles without a subscription.
Subscribe now and continue reading without any limits!
Read unlimited articles and receive our daily update briefing. Gain better insights into what is happening in commercial aviation safety.
Send tip
Support AeroInside by sending a small tip amount.
Newest articles
Fleet type match
Delta B763 at New York on Apr 26th 2024, emergency slide trouble
A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N176DN performing flight DL-520 from New York JFK,NY to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was climbing out of JFK's…
Fleet type match
UPS B744 at Tokyo on May 6th 2023, hard touchdown on windshear recovery
A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 747-400, registration N580UP performing flight 5X-109 from Shanghai Pudong (China) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), was on…
Subscribe today
Are you researching aviation incidents? Get access to AeroInside Insights, unlimited read access and receive the daily newsletter.
Pick your plan and subscribePartner
A new way to document and demonstrate airworthiness compliance and aircraft value. Find out more.
ELITE Simulation Solutions is a leading global provider of Flight Simulation Training Devices, IFR training software as well as flight controls and related services. Find out more.
Your regulation partner, specialists in aviation safety and compliance; providing training, auditing, and consultancy services. Find out more.
AeroInside Blog
Popular aircraft
Airbus A320Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800 MAX
Popular airlines
American AirlinesUnited
Delta
Air Canada
Lufthansa
British Airways