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On medium large transport aircraft, maintenance reported #3 main tire flat and wheel had 3 sheared bolts. Reporter indicates that other aircraft this type have had sheared wheel bolts. Reporter concerned about quality of the bolts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 156025 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199009 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 156025 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Notified by maintenance that #3 (main) tire was flat and had 3 sheared bolts. I have a concern about the quality of the bolts since other aircraft have had main gear bolt problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON MLG ACFT, MAINTENANCE REPORTED #3 MAIN TIRE FLAT AND WHEEL HAD 3 SHEARED BOLTS. REPORTER INDICATES THAT OTHER ACFT THIS TYPE HAVE HAD SHEARED WHEEL BOLTS. REPORTER CONCERNED ABOUT QUALITY OF THE BOLTS.
Narrative: NOTIFIED BY MAINT THAT #3 (MAIN) TIRE WAS FLAT AND HAD 3 SHEARED BOLTS. I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE BOLTS SINCE OTHER ACFT HAVE HAD MAIN GEAR BOLT PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.