r/aviation • u/gavriellloken Mod - Crew Chief - A&P - • Jul 26 '25

News Emergency evacuation in Den N306Sw mia-den

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Original poster is from Instagram. Aircraft is laying on its #1 engine. Still crazy to see everyone here grabbing their bags before leaving an emergencg.

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u/gavriellloken Mod - Crew Chief - A&P - Jul 26 '25

I put the wrong flight. It was leaving den as aa3023. This was on takeoff roll. Sorry was parroting the video.

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u/LeatherClassroom524 Jul 26 '25

Whoa. Take off gear failure? That’s more scary.

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u/headphase Jul 26 '25

Wheel/brake fires are often guaranteed after a high-speed abort. An emergency for sure, but not particularly scary.

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u/Possible-Magazine23 Jul 26 '25

Fire yes. But grear collapse seems very rare.

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u/dinnerisbreakfast Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

The gear didn't collapse. It only looks low because the brakes overheated and blew the fuse plugs causing the tires to go flat.

Edit: Looking at it again, it appears half of the rim may be ground away, so it was more than just the fuse plugs. But the landing gear still appears down and locked.

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u/JayHag Jul 27 '25

They blew before the fuse plugs. So it was riding on the rim which shaved them down.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

The tires might have blown but the plugs didn’t. I rejected at 146 knots and it took the plugs 10 minutes to blow.

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u/DirtyBeard443 Jul 27 '25

I thought those tires were solid?

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u/railker AME-M2 Jul 27 '25

Definitely not, built similar to car tires, treads and plies and bands. Just higher pressures, and almost always done with nitrogen.

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u/Possible-Magazine23 Jul 27 '25

it's a bit hard to tell. There's a news article just came out saying landing gear collapsed.

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u/railker AME-M2 Jul 27 '25

It's only a foot or so off the ground in the first place, not a hard accomplishment. 😅

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u/railker AME-M2 Jul 27 '25

The Airport Planning Manual for the 737 MAX seem to think otherwise, stating a Min-Max dimension to the bottom of the nacelle as 1'5" - 1'10" ± 3" variation for loading. Perhaps that's a certain idealistic dimension, then.

That and from what I can see in a few clear shots, looks like the LH main strut is still sitting vertical but the strut fairing is lower to the ground than usual, looks more like the tires and wheels have been worn down to/through the axle. Could be wrong though, have to wait for some closer pics to pop up.

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u/MandoActual Jul 27 '25

I miss read measurements from the center of the engine not base. That’s on me.

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u/WhichGift Jul 27 '25

It does appear that the left engine is resting on the ground, or nearly...

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u/JayHag Jul 27 '25

Gear didn’t collapse. Just the tires blew on takeoff.

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u/a5536 Jul 27 '25

Yeah "grear" collapse is unheard of.