# Incident 20160616006289I: Maule M-7-235B, Westmoreland, TN, June 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2016, 22:30 local time
- Place: Westmoreland, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5745° N, 86.2490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westmoreland, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5745&lon=-86.2490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4253A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4253A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235B (registry code 5460109, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160616006289I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM KSUS PILOT WAS NOTIFIED THAT HIS TAIL LANDING GEAR TIRE, TUBE AND OUTBOARD WHEEL HALF HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKE-OFF AND WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY AT KSUS.  PILOT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND LANDED SAFELY AT A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP LOCATED AT 5232 KING ROBERT LANE, WESTMORELAND, TENNESSEE.  PILOT ONLY NOTED MINOR EXTRA DRAG WHILE LANDING AND TAXING TO HIS HANGER.  UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THE TAIL LANDING GEAR TIRE, TUBE AND OUTBOARD WHEEL HALF WERE MISSING.  THE INBOARD WHEEL HALF WAS STILL ON THE TAIL LANDING GEAR AXLE.  DURING THE INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY THE AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR IT WAS FOUND THE BOLTS HOLDING THE WHEEL HALVES TOGETHER HAD PULLED OUT OF THE THREADS.  SINCE THE TAIL LANDING GEAR HAD A HUB CAP INSTALLED THERE IS NO WAY TO DETERMINE HOW LONG A CONDITION EXISTED PRIOR TO THE WHEEL HALVES COMING APART.  THE LAST MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED ON THE TAIL LANDING GEAR WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL INSPECTION COMPLETED ON OCTOBER 1, 2015.

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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