# Incident 19960920043109I: Saab SF340A, Chicago, IL, September 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1996, 07:50 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CX7A
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,920 total, 115 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960920043109I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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