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| Date: | Thursday 19 February 1981 |
| Time: | 14:46 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BTSD |
| MSN: | 213 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Chantilly, Virginia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD) |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During takeoff from Washington-Dulles Airport the no. 2 tire burst due to FOD; engines no. 1 and 2 were replaced. main gear blew. The flight diverted to New York-JFK with one engine shut down due to vibration.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airframe - landing gear: wheels,tires,axles
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
powerplant - miscellaneous: foreign object damage
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - vibration,excessive
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB: Identification: NYC81IA028 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=27788&key=0&queryId=da547845-1058-494b-858a-c33fc0a41f03&pgno=2&pgsize=100
2. http://www.concordesst.com/accident/past.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 September 1987 | F-BTSD | Air France | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 10 April 1988 | F-BTSD | Air France | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2012 07:21 | harro | Added |
| 09-Dec-2015 23:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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