20081221853829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 750 · St Louis, MO · December 21, 2008

Date: December 21, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place: St Louis, MO
Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: DXTA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N947QS
Reported as: Cessna 750
People aboard: 10
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total3,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

The aircrafts right main landing gear wheels and brakes were locked up upon landing at Spirit of st. Louis airport, chesterfield, MO. Aircraft skidded to a complete stop and crew and passengers departed aircraft without any injuries. The right main landing gear tires were blown, and the wheel and brake assemblies were ground down about one third their original diameter. There was also some minor damage to the right main landing gear outer door fairing as well as some grinding marks on the bottom of the right main landing gear strut. An inspection of the right main landing gear wheel and brake assemblies by mechanics sent to move the aircraft off the runway revealed they were packed with ice.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS AND BRAKES WERE LOCKED UP UPON LANDING AT SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT, CHESTERFIELD, MO. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A COMPLETE STOP AND CREW AND PASSENGERS DEPARTED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE BLOWN, AND THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WERE GROUND DOWN ABOUT ONE THIRD THEIR ORIGINAL DIAMETER. THERE WAS ALSO SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OUTER DOOR FAIRING AS WELL AS SOME GRINDING MARKS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. AN INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES BY MECHANICS SENT TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY REVEALED THEY WERE PACKED WITH ICE.