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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747200 · Fairbanks, AK · November 16, 2001

Date
November 16, 2001 · 12:05 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
CNFF
Aircraft
FGCBM
Reported as
Boeing 747200
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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) Number 6 wheel assembly came off from the axle just before lift-off; the wheel was intact and the tire remained inflated. The flight crew had a gear tilt warning and an unsafe to retract indication. ATC vectored the flight to a location to dump fuel down to landing weight. The captain had air france maintenance observe the gear condition during a low approach, the remaining gear were not affected and a landing on 1L at fai was made with no further incident. Post flight, the captain commended ATC for their assistance. The wheel assembly was recovered east of runway 19R on a frozen pond. A six man air france maintenance crew was brought in from france to replace the landing gear, tires, wheels, no damage ot the flaps or fuselage was found. Pilot dob & time in m/m information to be updated upon receipt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NUMBER 6 WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAME OFF FROM THE AXLE JUST BEFORE LIFT-OFF; THE WHEEL WAS INTACT AND THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. THE FLIGHT CREW HAD A GEAR TILT WARNING AND AN UNSAFE TO RETRACT INDICATION. ATC VECTORED THE FLIGHT TO A LOCATION TO DUMP FUEL DOWN TO LANDING WEIGHT. THE CAPTAIN HAD AIR FRANCE MAINTENANCE OBSERVE THE GEAR CONDITION DURING A LOW APPROACH, THE REMAINING GEAR WERE NOT AFFECTED AND A LANDING ON 1L AT FAI WAS MADE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT, THE CAPTAIN COMMENDED ATC FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS RECOVERED EAST OF RUNWAY 19R ON A FROZEN POND. A SIX MAN AIR FRANCE MAINTENANCE CREW WAS BROUGHT IN FROM FRANCE TO REPLACE THE LANDING GEAR, TIRES, WHEELS, NO DAMAGE OT THE FLAPS OR FUSELAGE WAS FOUND. PILOT DOB & TIME IN M/M INFORMATION TO BE UPDATED UPON RECEIPT.