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FAA incident report · Bombdr DHC8402 · Pittsburgh, PA · September 8, 2008

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Date
September 8, 2008 · 09:52 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NSVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N202WQ
Reported as
Bombdr DHC8402
People aboard
71
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On September 8, 2008, at approximately 09:32 eastern time, an Embraer DHC-8-402, N202WQ, flight number 3233 conducted under 14 CFR part 121, by colgan air inc., returned to Pittsburgh International Airport (pit), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to a suspected blown tire on the nose gear. The aircraft landed on runway 28L without incident. The aircraft rescue fire fighting (ARFF) units had responded yet were not utilized. The passengers were deplaned on the runway and bussed to the terminal. The aircraft was towed to the ramp. An inspection of the aircraft revealed the left nose gear tire was blown with a section of the tire missing. The pivot pin retaining bolt head on the nose gear was sheared off, thus allowing the migration of the pivot pin into the left main tire. The pivot pin retaining bolt was rusted over most of the sheared area of the bolt indicating the bolt was either cracked or sheared for some time. The separated piece(s) of the left nose gear tire caused damage to the left rear gear door. The aft third of the left aft nose gear door was missing from the aircraft and was found on the runway by the airport operations personnel. Additionally, the belly of the fuselage had impact damage approximately one foot aft of the left side of the nose gear wheel well. There were no injuries to the crew or passengers. The flight crew's actions or lack of actions did not contribute to this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:32 EASTERN TIME, AN EMBRAER DHC-8-402, N202WQ, FLIGHT NUMBER 3233 CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121, BY COLGAN AIR INC., RETURNED TO PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIT), PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA DUE TO A SUSPECTED BLOWN TIRE ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28L WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNITS HAD RESPONDED YET WERE NOT UTILIZED. THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED ON THE RUNWAY AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE LEFT NOSE GEAR TIRE WAS BLOWN WITH A SECTION OF THE TIRE MISSING. THE PIVOT PIN RETAINING BOLT HEAD ON THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF, THUS ALLOWING THE MIGRATION OF THE PIVOT PIN INTO THE LEFT MAIN TIRE. THE PIVOT PIN RETAINING BOLT WAS RUSTED OVER MOST OF THE SHEARED AREA OF THE BOLT INDICATING THE BOLT WAS EITHER CRACKED OR SHEARED FOR SOME TIME. THE SEPARATED PIECE(S) OF THE LEFT NOSE GEAR TIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR GEAR DOOR. THE AFT THIRD OF THE LEFT AFT NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY BY THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL. ADDITIONALLY, THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE HAD IMPACT DAMAGE APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT AFT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT CREW'S ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT.