# Accident 20141023019569A: Rockwell International 690B, Mesa, AZ, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 7PTA
- Location: 33.3305° N, 111.6308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3305&lon=-111.6308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N130TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N130TT-2016-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690B (registry code 7630516, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690B
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,718 total, 62 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023019569A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN WITH A PATIENT ON BOARD FROM KSAD TO KIWA. PILOT REPORTED A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 30C, THEN AS AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE TAXI WAY A VIBRATION IN THE NOSE WAS FELT. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW FIRE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, MED-CREW AND PATIENT THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. KIWA FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE NOSE TIRE FIRE.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD PRE-FLIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FLYING TO KSAD AND DID A POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION WHILE WAITING FOR THE MED-CREW TO BRING THE PATIENT TO THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE NOSE TIRE. RUNWAY CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE DRY WITH CALM WINDS.

A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT NO DAMAGE THAT WOULD INDICATE FOD OR A FAILURE COULD BE SEEN ON THE NOSE TIRE. (TIRE WAS ON FIRE HOWEVER) THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS GROUND DOWN ALMOST TO THE WHEEL BEARINGS. THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE NOT FROZEN BUT HAD INDICATIONS OF CORROSION ON ONE SIDE AND POSSIBLE IMPROPER GREASE BEING USED. (THIS DID NOT SEEM TO BE CASUAL DUE TO THE BEARINGS STILL BEING ABLE TO ROTATE) AN INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT REVEAL ANY DISCREPANCIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA026), Oct 23, 2014: Rockwell 690B (N130TT), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear tire, which resulted in the vibration of the nose landing gear and subsequent fire to the tire and forward section of the fuselage structure.

## Other reports on N130TT (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920520018649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920520018649I), May 20, 1992: Gulstm 690B (N130TT), Morgantown, WV, Minor damage. Pilot advised right wheel fell from aircraft on departure. Fly-by confirmed loss. Landed with props feathered.
- [Incident 19810810072579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810810072579I), Aug 10, 1981: Rkwell 690B (N130TT), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Za on gear extension saw right wheel missing. Landed ok inner bearing parts of outer bearing, retaining nut, on axle

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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