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| Date: | Thursday 14 August 2014 |
| Time: | 20:40 |
| Type: |  Bombardier CRJ-900ER |
| Owner/operator: | Estonian Air |
| Registration: | ES-ACC |
| MSN: | 15262 |
| Engine model: | GE CF34-8C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 86 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Tallinn-Lennart Meri Airport (TLL/EETN) -
 Estonia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tallinn-Lennart Meri Airport (TLL/EETN) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) | |
| Investigating agency: | ESIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Estonian Air flight OV473, a CRJ-900 aircraft, took off from Tallinn. After takeoff, the aircraft crew felt a faint vibration and heard an unusual noise. A few minutes later, air traffic control reported that numerous pieces of a broken tire were found during a runway check. The team decided to return to Tallinn, during the low overflight it was detected that the tire of the inner wheel of the left main wheel was broken.
After expending fuel, the aircraft landed without incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.tallinn-airport.ee/uudised/estonian-airi-lennuk-sooritas-hadamaandumise/
https://www.ojk.ee/crj-900-rehvi-purunemise-intsidendi-asjaolud
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 June 2019 | ES-ACC | LOT, opb Nordica | 0 | Tallinn-Lennart Meri Airport (TLL/EETN) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2025 13:50 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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