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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 · Duluth, MN · September 29, 2012

Date
September 29, 2012 · 07:03 local
Place
Duluth, MN
Airport
Duluth International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MTNA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N914FX
Reported as
Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,150 total224 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft departed msp. Ramp personnel contacted msp tower stating they thought a tire fell off aircraft on departure. Airport authority and pilot were notified. Runway was inspected and no tire found. Approximately 50 minutes later, pilot declared an emergency indicating left front tire was missing. Aircraft continued to destination and landed at dlh without incident. Wheel assembly was later located at msp

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MSP. RAMP PERSONNEL CONTACTED MSP TOWER STATING THEY THOUGHT A TIRE FELL OFF AIRCRAFT ON DEPARTURE. AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND PILOT WERE NOTIFIED. RUNWAY WAS INSPECTED AND NO TIRE FOUND. APPROXIMATELY 50 MINUTES LATER, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY INDICATING LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS MISSING. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND LANDED AT DLH WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS LATER LOCATED AT MSP