# Incident 19940131004799I: Fokker F28MK0100, Amarillo, TX, January 31, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1994, 18:09 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.2194° N, 101.7059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2194&lon=-101.7059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1437B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 377 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94IA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94IA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940131004799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 01/31/94, AALA F28MK0100 AIRCRAFT, N1437B, OPERATING AS FLT. 851 FROM AMARILLO, TX TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX HAD THE NO.4 WHEEL ASSEMBLY FALL OFF DURING TAKEOFF. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND REPORTED THAT HE WAS INFORMED BY A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOT THAT A MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL HAD FALLEN OFF. TAKEOFF AND GEAR RETRACTION APPEARED NORMAL. FLT 851 CONTACTED AMARILLO OPERATIONS WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE WHEEL HAD BEEN FOUND AND IT WAS IN FACT A MAIN WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DFW WHERE THE PILOT DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH DISPATCH; DECLARED AN EMERGENCY; AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. STOPPING ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY THE DFW RESCUE TEAM AND AALA MAINTENANCE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE, SO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE WHERE THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY. WE CONSIDER THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## 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 FTW94IA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94IA077), Feb 1, 1994: Fokker F28 MK O100 (N1437B), Amarillo, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE OUTER BEARING DUE TO A LACK OF LUBRICATION.

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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