- Date
- October 29, 1985, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, NE
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N342AMSAAB-Fairchild SF340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851029072699I
- Case key
- 34095
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing roll at the Lincoln airport, the outboard wheel of the left main landing gear separated from the axle. The acft was not hampered in its landing roll and taxithe landing gear assembly revealed that a retaining nut washer was not installed on this assembly. This allowed the wheel to shift sidewards and subsequently fall free from the axle. Maintenace records showed that this wheel had been changed 10 days prior to this flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342AM
- Reported as
- SAAB-Fairchild SF340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A-011
- Airframe hours
- 1,598
- Engine
- GE CT7-5A2, 1,700 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Midwest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 29, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- LNK · Lincoln, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LNK · Lincoln, runway 32, 8,620 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- 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
- 19,000 total · 650 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.