Saab-Fairchild SF340 N342AM
5 February 1986 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 February 1986 at about 16:52 local time, a Saab-Fairchild SF340 registered N342AM, operated by Air Midwest, was involved in an incident near St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 12 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:52
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Saab-Fairchild SF340
- Registration
- N342AM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Air Midwest
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St. Louis → Joplin
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC86IA058
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT FM LAMBERT FIELD, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, THE CONTROL TOWER AT LAMBERT RPTD TO THE PIC OF FLT 1163 THAT ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS HAD FALLEN OFF THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BEARING FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT DEPARTURE OF THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WHEEL ASSY. NO ADDITIONAL INSPECTION BY THE MANUFACTURER WAS ATTEMPTED DUE TO THE LACK OF FAILED BEARING MATERIAL FROM THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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