# Incident 19981106045409I: Boeing 7373TO, Newark, NJ, November 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1998, 18:21 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12318, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12318-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3TO (registry code 138447G, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3to) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373TO
- People aboard: 110
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99IA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981106045409I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL LANDING WHEN PILOT FELT A BLOWN TIRE THEN EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION. HE STOPPED AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND DEPLANED PASSENGERS WITH PORT AUTHORITY PASSENGER STEPS. RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT TORQUE LINKS (LOWER LINK) SHEARED FROM INNER STRUT ASSEMBLY. THIS CAUSED THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED NO FURTHER DAMAGE. LOWER LINK WAS SENT TO NTSB LAB IN WASHINGTON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99IA024), Nov 6, 1998: Boeing 737-3TO (N12318), Newark, NJ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A loss of torque on the apex nut of the shimmy damper for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a failure of the shimmy damper, and the subsequent failure of the lower torsion link of the right…

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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