ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172604
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 December 2014 |
| Time: | 10:44 |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-323ER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N380AN |
| MSN: | 25449/489 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW) |
| Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Boeing 767-300ER, performing American Airlines flight AA251 from Dallas, Texas (DFW) to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GIG) damaged four tyres in an incident at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport.
All four tyres of the right hand main landing gear burst during landing. Video footage show the airplane taxying towards the gate while shredding the tyres from the wheels. A post incident photo shows damage to the underside of the wing cause by tyre shrapnel.
Weather reported about the time of the incident (10:44 LT / 12:44Z) was reported as:
SBGL 301200Z 34003KT CAVOK 31/17 Q1011
SBGL 301300Z 34007KT CAVOK 33/18 Q1010
Sources:
https://www2.pbagora.com.br/noticia/paraiba/20141230223603/pneus-de-aviao-da-american-airlines-estouram-durante-pouso-no-galeao
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 April 2010 | N380AN | American Airlines | 0 | Keflavik airport |  |
non |
| Inflight smoke | ||||||
| 21 July 2021 | C-GAAJ | Cargojet Airways | 0 | 70 nm NW of Calgary, AB |  |
non |
| 16 November 2023 | C-GAAJ | Cargojet Airways, opf DHL | 0 | Bogota |  |
non |
Media:
American Airlines Boeing 767-300 bursts tyres on landing at Rio de Janeiro: http://t.co/xgbuFaM1wE pic.twitter.com/a3S6W0xFPJ
— AviationSafety (@AviationSafety) December 31, 2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2014 10:32 | harro | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 10:35 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2014 10:38 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Dec-2014 22:22 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Dec-2014 22:30 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2021 17:09 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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