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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech B99 · Newark, NJ · March 27, 1978

Date
March 27, 1978 · 10:52 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N339PL
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC78IA037
Reported as
Beech B99
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crew advised that wheel fell off after liftoff. Landed safely. A wheel bearing had failed.

As the FAA filed it

CREW ADVISED THAT WHEEL FELL OFF AFTER LIFTOFF. LANDED SAFELY. A WHEEL BEARING HAD FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.