20181020020449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aero Vodochody L39C · Stratford, CT · October 20, 2018

Date
October 20, 2018 · 16:19 local
Place
Stratford, CT
Airport
Sikorsky
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29VP
Reported as
Aero Vodochody L39C
Reported engine
Ivchenko AL-25SERIES
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
16,200 total200 in this make and model320 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.

After getting airborne the tower informed the pilot that he had lost his right main wheel. The pilot declared an emergency and informed the tower of his intention to land gear up. After fire crews were in place the pilot landed the aircraft gear up on the centerline of the runway and exited aircraft.

Damage was limited to the left and right flaps, nose gear door, two antennas and some damaged panels and skin along the centerline of the lower fuselage. It appears the right main gear wheel nut came off which caused the wheel to come off on takeoff. There was no visable damage to the wheel nut threads

As the FAA filed it

AFTER GETTING AIRBORNE THE TOWER INFORMED THE PILOT THAT HE HAD LOST HIS RIGHT MAIN WHEEL. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND INFORMED THE TOWER OF HIS INTENTION TO LAND GEAR UP. AFTER FIRE CREWS WERE IN PLACE THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND EXITED AIRCRAFT.

DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS, NOSE GEAR DOOR, TWO ANTENNAS AND SOME DAMAGED PANELS AND SKIN ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE LOWER FUSELAGE. IT APPEARS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHEEL NUT CAME OFF WHICH CAUSED THE WHEEL TO COME OFF ON TAKEOFF. THERE WAS NO VISABLE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL NUT THREADS