# Incident 19990902034739I: Boeing 7373G7, Ontario, CA, September 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 34.0560° N, 117.6012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ONTARIO INTL (ONT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0560&lon=-117.6012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N670SW-2022-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3G7 (registry code 138447J, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3g7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373G7
- People aboard: 132
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990902034739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N670SW DEPARTED BURBANK, CA AT APPROX. 1400, SEPT. 2, 1999 (FLT NO. 0253). FOLLOWING ROTATION OF AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT CREW WAS ADVISED BY BURBANK CONTROL TOWER THAT AN AIRCRAFT WHEEL HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF.  AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE ONTARIO, CA AIRPORT WAS CONDUCTED WHEREBY IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE NO. 1 MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING.  INVESTIGATION OF LEFT HAND MLG AREA REVEALED THAT THE NO. 1 MLG OUTER WHEEL BEARING HAD FAILED CAUSING THE NO. 1 MLG WHEEL TO COME OFF DURING TAKEOFF AT THE BURBANK AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT WHEEL THAT DEPARTED AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GROUND BAGGAGE LOADER THEN STRUCK A PARKED UNITED B-737, N938UA AT BURBANK AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N670SW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090908018689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090908018689I), Sep 8, 2009: Boeing 7373G7 (N670SW), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. On September 8, 2009, approximately 1154 pacific daylight time, a Boeing 737-300, N670SW, operated by southwest airlines as flight 341, experienced a fracture…

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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