# Incident 20010410009279I: Beech 1900D, Denver, CO, April 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211UX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010410009279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAF ENROUTE TO DEN. DURING ROTATION ATCT NOTICED SOMETHING FALLING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS ADVISED AND DID A GEAR DOWN FLY BY AT SAF. THIS CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST ITS NOSEWHEEL. DISPATCH DIVERTED FLIGHT TO CYS (MAINTENANCE BASE) BUT LATER RE-ROUTED AIRCRAFT TO DEN DUE TO POOR WEATHER AT CYS. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR DOWN AT DEN ON RUNWAY 7 AND GROUND OFF APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES OF THE NOSE STRUT BELOW THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE. NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED. ALL FOURTEEN PASSENGERS AND 2 CREW WERE UNINJURED. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL BEARING LACKED LUBRICATION. ALL AIRCRAFT IN FLEET WERE GROUNDED AS THEY LANDED AND ALL WHEELS WERE REMOVED AND BEARINGS INSPECTED. A COUPLE OF BEARINGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE CONTAMINATION IN THE GREASE, THESE BEARINGS ARE BEING SENT OUT FOR ANALYSIS. A MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE IS BEING CHANGED TO INCLUDE AN INSPECTION AND GREASE EVERY 2ND AND 5TH 200 HOUR INSPECTION. NO FURTHER ACTION TO TAKE.

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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