# Incident 20010705025679I: Stbros SD330, Obyan, Northern Mariana Islands, July 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Obyan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Airport: Saipan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AVSA
- Aircraft: N76NF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76NF-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros SD3-30 200 (registry code 8110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd3-30-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SD330
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705025679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED DUE TO A RIGHT MAIN TIRE RE-CAP SEPARATION ENCOUNTERED DURING T/O, AND CLIMB FROM SAIPAN CNMI (GSN), A LOUD NOISE WAS REPORTED BY PASSENGERS TO THE CREW. THE CREW MADE A UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK AT GSN, PLEASANTRIES WERE DE-PLANNED NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE R/H WHEEL-WELL HAD ENCOUNTERED MINOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TIRE CAP SEPARATION.  COMPANY OFFICIALS ELECTED NOT TO CHANGE THE TIRE, INSTEAD ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT TO FLY AIRCRAFT BACK TO GUM.

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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