# Incident 20080908848699I: Bombdr DHC8402, Pittsburgh, PA, September 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2008, 09:52 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202WQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBDR DHC8402
- People aboard: 71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080908848699I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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