- Date
- December 2, 1985, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N90427Embraer EMB-110P1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851202067279I
- Case key
- 13354
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,axle - failure,totalCause
Analysis
The acft suffered a failure of the left rear axle during taxi to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90427
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-110P1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 110.345
- Airframe hours
- 10,128
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Simmons Airlines
- Registered owner
- Commutair Partners
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DTW · Detroit Metro
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 150 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 27 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.