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TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE
. Report No. 2.Government Accession No.
NTSB-AAR-79-1
. Title and Subtitle Aircraft Accident Report -
ontinental Air Lines, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas
c-10-10, N68045, LOS Angeles, California,
3.Recipient's Catalog No.
5.Report Date
January 25, 1979
6.Performing Organization
arch 1, 1978
. Author(s)
Code
8.Performing Organization
Report No.
. Performing Organization Name and Address
'ational Transportation Safety Board
,ureau of Accident Investigation
lashington, D.C. 20594
10.Work Unit No.
2335-D
11.Contract or Grant No.
I3.Type of Report and
Period Covered
2.Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Aircraft Accident Report
March 1, 1978
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOAR0
Washington, D. C. 20594 14.Sponsoring Agency Code
5.Supplementary Notes
L6. Abstract About 0925 Pacific standard time on March 1, 1978, Continental Air
Lines, Inc., Flight 603 overran the departure end of runway 6R at Los Angeles Inter-
lational Airport, California, following a rejected takeoff. As the aircraft departed
:he wet, load-bearing surface of the runway, the left main landing gear collapsed and
fire erupted from the left wing area. The aircraft slid to a stop about 664 feet
from the departure end of the runway. The left side of the aircraft was destroyed.
If the 184 passengers, 2 infants, and 14 crewmembers aboard, 2 passengers were killed
md 28 passengers and 3 crewmembers were seriously injured during the evacuation of
:he aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of
:he accident was the sequential failure of two tires on the left main landing gear
md the resultant failure of another tire on the same landing gear at a critical time
iuring the takeoff roll. These failures resulted in the captain's decision to reject
the takeoff.
Contributing to the accident was the cumulative effect of the partial loss of
nircraft braking because of the failed tires and the reduced braking friction achievmble
on the wet runway surface which increased the accelerate-stop distance to a
value greater than the available runway length. These factors prevented the captain
Erom stopping the aircraft within the runway confines.
The failure of the left main landing gear and the Insequent rupture of the left
tine fuel in an
17.Kev Words
Overrun; departure end; rejected takeoff; VI speed; This document is available
metallic 'bang; landing gear collapse; accelerate-stop; to the public through the
aircraft performance; tire failure; retread tires; National Technical Informaslidelrafts;
evacuation; pilot . training; . simulators; tion Sgrvice, Springfield,
wet runway; runway friction.
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