Incident · 1990-06-21

NTSB case ATL90IA136 · DOUGLAS DC-9-51 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1990-06-21
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-9-51 (N415EA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: EASTERN AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EASTERN AIR LINES, INC.

Probable cause

INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE WHICH RESULTED IN OPERATION OF THE TIRE WHILE UNDER INFLATED AND ITS SUBSEQUENT FAILURE. A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT WAS THE INADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROL BY THE TIRE RECAPPING FACILITY WHICH FAILED TO REPAIR A PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED TIRE DEFECT.

Source: NTSB case ATL90IA136

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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