# Incident 20020619014539I: Beech 2000, Ft Myers, FL, June 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2002, 17:44 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N786BP-2005-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 2000 (registry code 1152000, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020619014539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 19, 2002, AT 1744 HOURS EDT, A BEECH STARSHIP 2000, N786BP, REGISTERED TO 86 BP, INC, EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WHILE ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT MYERS, FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY 1740 HOURS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MADE TWO FULL STOP LANDINGS AT FORT MYERS, FLORIDA (FMY) AND ON THE THIRD TAKEOFF THE TOWER ADVISED THE CREW THAT THEY HAD LOST A WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAD DISINTEGRATED IN THE RIGHT INBOARD WHEEL ASSEMBLY (#3), ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO MOVE INBOARD OVER THE RETAINING NUT AND DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE OTHER THREE MAIN WHEELS REVEALED THAT THE BEARING RACES IN #1 WHEEL HAD BEEN OVERHEATED AND WERE TURNING BLUE. THE RACES IN #4 WHEEL SHOWED SIGNS OF SPALLING. THE RACES IN THE #2 WHEEL APPEARED NORMAL. THE BEECH SERVICE INFORMATION REQUIRES A BEARING LUBRICATION INTERVAL OF 100 HOURS. THE SUBJECT BEARINGS WERE INSPECTED AND LUBRICATED 71 HOURS PRIOR TO FAILURE. #3 WHEEL BEARING TOTAL TIME IN SERVICE WAS 346 HOURS AND 25 MONTHS.

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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