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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Chicago, IL · September 20, 1996

Date: September 20, 1996 · 07:50 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Chicago Midway
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: CX7A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N341CA
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,920 total115 in this make and model209 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.

Narrative: aircraft N341CA, SF340 had departed mdw. Shortly after take off it was reported to them that a wheel and tire assembly had departed the aircraft. The crew went through emergency procedures and landed without further incident. It was subsequently determined that the left outboard tire had departed the aircraft. Left outboard tire came off on takeoff from mdw. Wheel and tire had been installed previous night. 1R grr with a spacer missing. This caused the wheel enough play to work itself over the retaining nut. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N341CA, SF340 HAD DEPARTED MDW. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF IT WAS REPORTED TO THEM THAT A WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW WENT THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE CAME OFF ON TAKEOFF FROM MDW. WHEEL AND TIRE HAD BEEN INSTALLED PREVIOUS NIGHT. 1R GRR WITH A SPACER MISSING. THIS CAUSED THE WHEEL ENOUGH PLAY TO WORK ITSELF OVER THE RETAINING NUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^