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A westwind 24 was dispatched and operated on 4 consecutive flts in non compliance with the nose gear steering links disconnected, incurring nosewheel damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489327 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : spi.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | IAI1124/1124A/Westwind |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 22000 |
| ASRS Report | 489327 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Conducted flight in night visual conditions from spi-ocf-vnc-pie. Everything appeared normal except that steering on ground seemed a little tight at times. Later learned that nose gear pin had either been connected wrong or fell out during series of flts. Damaged scissors, one tire and both inner wheel halves.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A WESTWIND 24 WAS DISPATCHED AND OPERATED ON 4 CONSECUTIVE FLTS IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOSE GEAR STEERING LINKS DISCONNECTED, INCURRING NOSEWHEEL DAMAGE.
Narrative: CONDUCTED FLT IN NIGHT VISUAL CONDITIONS FROM SPI-OCF-VNC-PIE. EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL EXCEPT THAT STEERING ON GND SEEMED A LITTLE TIGHT AT TIMES. LATER LEARNED THAT NOSE GEAR PIN HAD EITHER BEEN CONNECTED WRONG OR FELL OUT DURING SERIES OF FLTS. DAMAGED SCISSORS, ONE TIRE AND BOTH INNER WHEEL HALVES.
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.