# Incident 19930109000959I: Dhav DHC8311, Champaign-Urban, IL, January 9, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1993, 07:19 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWAA
- Location: 40.0602° N, 88.2503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0602&lon=-88.2503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433AW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8311
- Reported engine: PWA PW123
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,676 total, 424 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI93IA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930109000959I

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT MAIN GEAR INBOARD AXLE AND WHEEL ON CLIMBOUT. TIGHT TURN ON TAXI AND FORCE ON NOSE STEERING A FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI93IA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93IA069), Jan 9, 1993: de Havilland DHC-8-311 (N433AW), Savoy, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE TOTAL FAILURE OF THE INBOARD RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AXLE DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB.

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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