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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · Washington, DC · June 9, 2000

Date: June 9, 2000 · 14:30 local
Place: Washington, DC
Airport: Washington National
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N700U
Reported as: Beech B200
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,505 total470 in this make and model81 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23)Aircraft departed on runway 15 when departure control notified the pilot that an aircraft holding on the ground had seen a tire depart an aircraft after lift-off. Inspection by the pilot determined that he had lost left m/l/g inboard wheel assembly. Pilot decided to continue on with flight to destination to burn fuel for a safe landing weight. Pilot declared an emergency and landed uneventful on runway 10L at kcmh. This investigaiton is closed. Note: the wheel assembly was found in the potomac river.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 15 WHEN DEPARTURE CONTROL NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT AN AIRCRAFT HOLDING ON THE GROUND HAD SEEN A TIRE DEPART AN AIRCRAFT AFTER LIFT-OFF. INSPECTION BY THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HE HAD LOST LEFT M/L/G INBOARD WHEEL ASSEMBLY. PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON WITH FLIGHT TO DESTINATION TO BURN FUEL FOR A SAFE LANDING WEIGHT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED UNEVENTFUL ON RUNWAY 10L AT KCMH. THIS INVESTIGAITON IS CLOSED. NOTE: THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND IN THE POTOMAC RIVER.