- Date
- June 27, 1984, 07:32 local (12:32 UTC)
- Place
- Joplin, MO
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N233AMSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840627032059I
- Case key
- 33575
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.
Analysis
While taxiing to takeoff & on the takeoff roll, the left brake overheated. Ten to fifteen mins after departure both tires on the left main landing gear exploded. The bearings and brakes also seized due to the high temperatures. Upon arrival at the dest, the normal gear extension system was inoperative and the emergency extension system was utilized. No further damage was incurred during the landing. Investigators discovered a sticking valve in the left parking brake. Maintenance records revealed that on June 19 and 22, difficulty was reported in releasing the parking brakes; maintenance personnel could not duplicate the discrepancy and returned the acft to service.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N233AM
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-319
- Airframe hours
- 9,829
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331-3UW, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Midwest (Amwa)
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 22, 1984 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JLN · Joplin Muni, runway 31, 6,503 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JLN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.