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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Curtis TRVAIRB94000 · Salinas, CA · August 1, 1997

Date: August 1, 1997 · 16:25 local
Place: Salinas, CA
Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8877
Reported as: Curtis TRVAIRB94000
Reported engine: WRIGHT R760*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,350 total32 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days

N8877Registered now · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000S/N 913 · Built 1929 Airframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: upon landing at Salinas airport rwy. 26, left main landing gear wheel departed the aircraft. The aircraft departed the runway to the left, ground looped and came to rest between rwy. 26 and taxiway "b". The aircraft sustained damage to the propeller, engine, and left main landing gear. After an inspection was conducted of the left main wheel, left main wheel hub, and left main axle, it appears that the retained nut for the wheel backed itself off the axle. There was no evidence of a cotter pin being installed in the retainer nut prior to this incident. There were no injuries. This investigation is closed. Incident does not involve a pilot deviation report form 8020-17.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING AT SALINAS AIRPORT RWY. 26, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST BETWEEN RWY. 26 AND TAXIWAY "B". THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. AFTER AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED OF THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL, LEFT MAIN WHEEL HUB, AND LEFT MAIN AXLE, IT APPEARS THAT THE RETAINED NUT FOR THE WHEEL BACKED ITSELF OFF THE AXLE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A COTTER PIN BEING INSTALLED IN THE RETAINER NUT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FORM 8020-17.