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Attributes | |
ACN | 916981 |
Time | |
Date | 201010 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Nose Gear Wheel |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
Aircraft damage and nose wheel equipment malfunction. Since it was not the ATR-72's first flight of the day; first officer performed a general aircraft inspection (as per aircraft operations manual aom). We departed with me [captain] flying the outbound leg. We landed on the wet runway smoothly. At the middle of the landing roll out I felt the aircraft briefly trying to steer left. We slowed down normally with some reverse and brake action. Not feeling anything unusual with the aircraft; we taxied out to the nearby parking spot from the runway exit. At that point the flight attendant called us saying a passenger was reporting seeing a wheel flying by from underneath of the aircraft. Almost at the near parking spot area; I went ahead and stopped the ATR-72 and waited for ramp personnel (rampers) to approach. They confirmed we were actually missing one of the nose wheels. The port authority found the nose wheel lying on the taxiway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain reports a passenger notified their Flight Attendant he saw a wheel flying by from underneath their aircraft after the ATR-72 had landed. Ramp personnel confirmed they were missing one of the nose wheels.
Narrative: Aircraft damage and nose wheel equipment malfunction. Since it was not the ATR-72's first flight of the day; First Officer performed a General aircraft inspection (as per Aircraft Operations Manual AOM). We departed with me [Captain] flying the outbound leg. We landed on the wet runway smoothly. At the middle of the landing roll out I felt the aircraft briefly trying to steer left. We slowed down normally with some reverse and brake action. Not feeling anything unusual with the aircraft; we taxied out to the nearby parking spot from the runway exit. At that point the Flight Attendant called us saying a passenger was reporting seeing a wheel flying by from underneath of the aircraft. Almost at the near parking spot area; I went ahead and stopped the ATR-72 and waited for Ramp Personnel (Rampers) to approach. They confirmed we were actually missing one of the nose wheels. The Port Authority found the nose wheel lying on the taxiway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.