# Incident 19971024033519I: Hamflu HFB320, Omaha, NE, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 01:55 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PJZA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106TF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106TF-2007-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm HANSA HFB 320 (registry code 5622101, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm-hansa-hfb-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-5&6 (registry code 30013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-5-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAMFLU HFB320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024033519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 24, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 0130 CDT, PACIFIC WEST AIRLINES, INC., HAMBURGER FLUGZEUBAU 320, N106TF, DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA FOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL 140, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED A MIST DEVELOPING IN THE CABIN AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO OMAHA, NE FOR INVESTIGATION. UPON LANDING, APPROXIMATELY 0155 CDT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, REQUIRING RIGHT HAND BRAKE AND STEERING TILLER INPUT TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 18 AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE LEFT HAND TIRE ASSEMBLY WAS BLOWN WITH DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES. PACIFIC WEST AIRLINES, INC., HOLDER OF FAR 135 OPERATING CERTIFICATE PUZA269T, ELECTED TO SEND A MAINTENANCE CREW TO TROUBLESHOOT AND REPLACE THE LEFT HAND WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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