What happened
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(-23) Delta airlines flight 1079 departed Salt Lake City intl. At approx. 1425 hours LCL and reported loosing a main landing gear assy. The aircraft dumpted fuel and landed without incident at approx. 1630 local time. Delta maintenance personnel in Salt Lake City found that the inside bearing on the #3 main tire assy. Had the wrong part number bearing installed during a tire assy. Replacement in mci on 12/18/1999. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the landing gear axle area, and there were no injuries to crew or passengers. Delta cmo has requested a change to delta's procedures for tire/wheel build-up. privacy data omitted (.19) On December 24, 1999, at 1425 mountain standard time, a Boeing 737-347, N305WA, operated by delta airlines as flight 1079 from Salt Lake City, Utah, to detroit, Michigan, sustained minor damage when the right main outboard wheel assembly separated from the airplane during takeoff from Salt Lake City. There were no injuries to the 6 crew members and 127 passengers and the aircraft returned and landed at Salt Lake City, without incident, at 1630. The flight was operat ing under title 14 CFR PART121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. An IFR flight plan was filed. According to preliminary information, examination of the aircraft following the event revealed that a Boeing 757 main wheel bearing had been installed when the wheel was built up by delta maintenance in atlanta, Georgia. When the wheel separated from the aircraft it struck and damaged runway lighting.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 1079 DEPARTED SALT LAKE CITY INTL. AT APPROX. 1425 HOURS LCL AND REPORTED LOOSING A MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSY. THE AIRCRAFT DUMPTED FUEL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT APPROX. 1630 LOCAL TIME. DELTA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN SALT LAKE CITY FOUND THAT THE INSIDE BEARING ON THE #3 MAIN TIRE ASSY. HAD THE WRONG PART NUMBER BEARING INSTALLED DURING A TIRE ASSY. REPLACEMENT IN MCI ON 12/18/1999. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LANDING GEAR AXLE AREA, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS. DELTA CMO HAS REQUESTED A CHANGE TO DELTA'S PROCEDURES FOR TIRE/WHEEL BUILD-UP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (.19) ON DECEMBER 24, 1999, AT 1425 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BOEING 737-347, N305WA, OPERATED BY DELTA AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 1079 FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN OUTBOARD WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE DURING TAKEOFF FROM SALT LAKE CITY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 6 CREW MEMBERS AND 127 PASSENGERS AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED AT SALT LAKE CITY, WITHOUT INCIDENT, AT 1630. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERAT ING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART121 AS A SCHEDULED DOMESTIC PASSENGER FLIGHT AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THE EVENT REVEALED THAT A BOEING 757 MAIN WHEEL BEARING HAD BEEN INSTALLED WHEN THE WHEEL WAS BUILT UP BY DELTA MAINTENANCE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WHEN THE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT IT STRUCK AND DAMAGED RUNWAY LIGHTING.
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