- Date
- January 12, 1982, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksburg, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N615KCEmbraer EMB-110P1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19820112011709I
- Case key
- 70259
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Analysis
During taxi out from greensboro, NC, the captain noted that the aircraft was pulling to the right. The problem alleviated itself when the pilot tapped the right brake. After a normal takeoff, the copilot noticed during gear retraction that the right main wheel appeared to be canted out of position. After the gear retraction cycle, the gear in-transit light remained illuminated and the crew decided to divert to the operators base at Clarksburg, WV. After burning off fuel, the gear was lowered for landing and it was noted that the right main wheel was rotated 90 degrees to its normal position. The ensuing precautionary landing was normal with no damage or injury. Investigation revealed that the right gear torque link assembly had broken due to stripped threads on several of the attaching bolts. The stripped threads allowed a side load to shear the locking plate during normal ground operations. A review of the maintenance manual revealed specific torque values were not listed, thus allowing the bolts to be under torqued.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N615KC
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-110P1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 230
- Airframe hours
- 4,536
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aeromech Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Aeromech Incorporated
- Departed
- Greensboro, NC
- Destination
- CKB · Beckley, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CKB · Benedum, runway 21, 5,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 1,260 in this make and model · 230 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 111 °F
- Observed at
- NWS, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.