ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146977
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| Date: | Sunday 9 August 1981 |
| Time: | 10:23 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 102 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BOAG |
| MSN: | 214 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Tires no. 1 and 2 burst on takeoff from New York-JFK and caused a hole in the no. 5 fuel tank and damaged the no. 2 engine (ingestion). The tire was running deflated when the thread detached.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airframe - landing gear: wheels,tires,axles
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
powerplant - miscellaneous: foreign object damage
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1988 | G-BOAG | British Airways | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
min |
| Hydraulic system problem | ||||||
| 13 February 1992 | G-BOAG | British Airways | 0 | London |  |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 26 May 1994 | G-BOAG | British Airways | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
min |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2012 07:21 | harro | Added |
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