# Incident 20230319005419I: Raytheon Aircraft Company C90A, Mesquite, TX, March 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2023, 09:42 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7470° N, 96.5304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE METRO (HQZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7470&lon=-96.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272EA-2024-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon C90A (registry code 7150004, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY C90A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230319005419I

## Narrative

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

MESQUITE, TX (HQZ): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BE9L, LANDED RUNWAY 36, LEFT MAIN TIRE DETACHED FROM AIRCRAFT WHILE TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY "D". POB: 2, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 03/19/2023 1442Z -------

PILOT STATES THAT PREVIOUS LANDING/TAXI ON SAME DAY WAS NORMAL, NO NOISE OR INDICATION OF TROUBLE.  WHEN PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT FROM RUNWAY ONTO TAXI WAY HE BELIEVED HE WAS EXPERIENCING A FLAT TIRE DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT FELT "WOBBLY".  AIRCRAFT SLOWED, WHEEL DEPARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ON TAXIWAY, RESTING ON LEFT MAIN AXLE AND BRAKE ASSY.--------------------

WHEEL WAS RECOVERED IN MULTIPLE PIECES.  THE INNER SECTION, HOUSING THE WHEEL BEARINGS WAS TORN APART, WHILE THE OUTBOARD SECTION WAS INTACT AND TIRE WAS STILL MOUNTED/INTACT.  THE INBOARD RACES FOR THE WHEEL BEARING WERE LEFT ON THE AXLE ALONG WITH A PORTION OF ONE BEARING CAGE.  THE REMAINDER OF THE BEARINGS WERE MISSING OR SHREDDED.  GREASE AND METAL FLAKES WERE COVERING THE AXLE.  AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTS WORKERS RECOVERED FOD FROM TAXI WAY, SMALL PIECES, NOTHING THEY COULD IDENTIFY.  AXLE NUT WAS STILL IN PLACE WITH COTTER PIN INSTALLED.  DAMAGE LIMITED TO TIRE, WHEEL, WHEEL BEARINGS, BRAKE HOUSING, AND 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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