# Incident 20181020020449I: Aero Vodochody L39C, Stratford, CT, October 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2018, 16:19 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29VP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29VP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L39C
- Reported engine: IVCHENKO AL-25SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 320 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181020020449I

## Narrative

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

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

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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