41.9769° N, 87.9081° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 15, 1990 · 07:28 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85DB
Reported as
AMD Falcon
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total60 in this make and model60 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.
Outboard wheel assembly departed aircraft on liftoff. Roller bearing disintegrated allowing wheel to slide off.
As the FAA filed it
OUTBOARD WHEEL ASSEMBLY DEPARTED AIRCRAFT ON LIFTOFF. ROLLER BEARING DISINTEGRATED ALLOWING WHEEL TO SLIDE OFF.