# Incident 19830802042629I: Westld WESTLAND30, Fullerton, CA, August 2, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1983, 13:08 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ASUA
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5840T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5840T-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Westland Helicopters WG30 (registry code 9650160, https://openairdocs.org/model/westland-helicopters-wg30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WESTLD WESTLAND30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830802042629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATC REPORTED RIGHT GEAR DROPPED LOWER THAN LEFT GEAR. FOUND OUTBOARD BEARING FAILED. WHEEL SLIPPED OFF AXLE.

## Other reports on N5840T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19841104070609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841104070609I), Nov 4, 1984: Westld WESTLAND30 (N5840T), Santa Ana, CA. Unable to stop cyclic from motoring forward. Returned to land. Pitch down relay FB10 leach PNM4004A spring broke.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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