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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Minneapolis, MN · February 13, 1997

Date: February 13, 1997 · 13:55 local
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: GLBA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N89UE
Reported as: Beech 1900D
People aboard: 11
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total7,000 in this make and model243 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: as flight 6003 entered runway 11R prior to takeoff, the tower informed them that an object resembling a fuel tank filler cap had been spotted near their aircraft on the taxiway. The captain stopped the aircraft and he and the first officer determined that the fuel caps were intact. At liftoff, the tower saw an object fall from the aircraft. It was subsequently determined that it was a wheel. The flight was notified. The captain performed a landing gear inspection, determined that the right main gear inboard wheel was missing, declared an emergency, and returned uneventfully to msp. Right main landing gear inboard wheel fell off aircraft on takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AS FLIGHT 6003 ENTERED RUNWAY 11R PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, THE TOWER INFORMED THEM THAT AN OBJECT RESEMBLING A FUEL TANK FILLER CAP HAD BEEN SPOTTED NEAR THEIR AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY. THE CAPTAIN STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND HE AND THE FIRST OFFICER DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL CAPS WERE INTACT. AT LIFTOFF, THE TOWER SAW AN OBJECT FALL FROM THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A WHEEL. THE FLIGHT WAS NOTIFIED. THE CAPTAIN PERFORMED A LANDING GEAR INSPECTION, DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR INBOARD WHEEL WAS MISSING, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED UNEVENTFULLY TO MSP. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD WHEEL FELL OFF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF.