- Date
- November 10, 1988, 09:02 local (15:02 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N333PXBritish Aerospace JS-3101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881110071499I
- Case key
- 14279
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Probable cause
Loss of lubrication to the outer wheel bearing, and the subsequent disintegration of the bearing. Contributing to the incident was the failure by maintenance personnel to properly inspect and grease the bearing.
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.
Analysis
The british aerospace jetstream 3101 departed grand rapids, Michigan with 10 passengers and 2 crew. Just after liftoff, a witness observed the left main landing gear wheel rolling down the runway, and reported it to the tower. The jetstream flew past the tower and confirmed that the wheel was missing. The crew elected to continue to their destination of Milwaukee where the aircraft was landed gear up with full flaps and the propellers feathered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333PX
- Reported as
- British Aerospace JS-3101
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 704
- Airframe hours
- 5,653
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-10OVG, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Express Airlines 1, Inc, doing business as Northwest Airlink
- Registered owner
- Meridian Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 9, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Destination
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MKE · Mitchell, runway 1L, 9,900 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,650 total · 1,168 in this make and model · 2,947 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 16 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.