- Date
- December 9, 1983, 10:08 local (17:08 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N613UABoeing 767
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16268
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,wheel - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,wheel - contaminationCause
Analysis
On takeoff roll the no 3 wheel on the right main landing gear fell off the acft. The acft returned and landed without further incident. The wheel bearing was found faileddue to cosmoline contamination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N613UA
- Reported as
- Boeing 767
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21874
- Engine
- unknown UN, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines, doing business as United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- SFO · San Fancisco, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton Int'L
N613UARegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2018 · Boeing 767-222Airframe modelBoeing 767-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D series
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Observed at
- DEN