Accident · 1997-08-07
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-08-07
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 (N740DA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the cumulative distance taxied immediately prior to takeoff that precipitated an excessive heat buildup in the tires and resulted in the bead separation of a single tire during the takeoff roll. The absence of cockpit procedures/directives or monitoring equipment to identify this condition was a factor in the accident. Contributing to the accident was the unavailability of two emergency exits due to the malfunction of the 2R and 4R emergency doors
Source: NTSB case LAX97FA276Flight 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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