# Incident 20100220029309I: Cessna 750, Santa Ana, CA, February 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2010, 17:25 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521FP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE3007C SER
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20100220029309I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM SMO TO GJT TO SNA.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED RUMBLING FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WHILE TAXING AFTER LANDING AT GJT AND PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE ON RWY 11 FROM GJT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PAYED PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND NOTICED NO DEFECTS.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM GJT AND LANDED AT SNA WITHOUT ANY NOTICABLE INDICATION THAT THE NOSE WHEEL HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOTS TAXIED INTO THE FBO IN SNA AND GROUND PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE PILOTS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MISSING THE LEFT NOSE WHEELS.  THE PILOTS CONTACTED THE AWP ROC AND THE GJT TOWER AND NOTIFIED EACH OF THE INCIDENT.  THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LOCATED ON RWY 11 AT GJT BY AIRPORT OPERATIOINS.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WASHER, NUT AND COTTER KEY WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AXLE.  THE BEARING RACE WAS ALSO STILL ON THE AXLE, BUT ALL OF THE BEARINGS AND COVER WERE MISSING.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE WHEEL WAS SENT TO CESSNA CITATION IN WICHITA, KS FOR INSPECTION AND EVALUATION.  THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUTATION ARE PENDING.

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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