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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus Flugzeugwerke PC-12/45 · Chicago, IL · January 21, 2021

Date
January 21, 2021 · 18:16 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago O'Hare International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
2B5A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N451SS
Reported as
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke PC-12/45
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total

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.

On January 21, 2021, at 1816 local time, flight BTQ835, aircraft N451SS, from gogebic-iron county airport, ironwood, mi (kiwd), to o?hare international airport, Chicago, IL (kord), landed on runway 28C. During rollout the crew felt the aircraft hop and they reported that as the aircraft slowed down the aircraft began to pull to the left. Air traffic control reported to the crew that they observed sparks coming from the aircraft?s left landing gear. Once stopped the crew called for emergency vehicles. When the crew exited the aircraft they saw the left main landing gear wheel assembly was missing from the aircraft. The flight was operated by privacy data omitted under part 135 flight rules with 2 crewmembers and 5 passengers on board. No injuries were reported, minor damage was sustained to the aircraft left main landing gear axle assembly and brake.

On January 21, 2021, at 1905 local time, the Chicago police department responded to a call from a citizen stating they found what appeared to be an airplane wheel on their property at privacy data omitted. Chicago p.d. reported there was damage to a sidewalk at this address. Recovered parts were the tire, wheel, outboard wheel bearing, wheel bearing retaining ring, and axle nut. Part number and serial numbers of the recovered wheel and tires match aircraft records as being installed on N451SS. The axle nut locking bolt and its nut and cotter pin were not recovered.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 21, 2021, AT 1816 LOCAL TIME, FLIGHT BTQ835, AIRCRAFT N451SS, FROM GOGEBIC-IRON COUNTY AIRPORT, IRONWOOD, MI (KIWD), TO O?HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL (KORD), LANDED ON RUNWAY 28C. DURING ROLLOUT THE CREW FELT THE AIRCRAFT HOP AND THEY REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTED TO THE CREW THAT THEY OBSERVED SPARKS COMING FROM THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT LANDING GEAR. ONCE STOPPED THE CREW CALLED FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WHEN THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THEY SAW THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UNDER PART 135 FLIGHT RULES WITH 2 CREWMEMBERS AND 5 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE.

ON JANUARY 21, 2021, AT 1905 LOCAL TIME, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM A CITIZEN STATING THEY FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN AIRPLANE WHEEL ON THEIR PROPERTY AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. CHICAGO P.D. REPORTED THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A SIDEWALK AT THIS ADDRESS. RECOVERED PARTS WERE THE TIRE, WHEEL, OUTBOARD WHEEL BEARING, WHEEL BEARING RETAINING RING, AND AXLE NUT. PART NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE RECOVERED WHEEL AND TIRES MATCH AIRCRAFT RECORDS AS BEING INSTALLED ON N451SS. THE AXLE NUT LOCKING BOLT AND ITS NUT AND COTTER PIN WERE NOT RECOVERED.