Colgan EWR-BUF again!

[AWACoff]

Incident: Colgan DH8D at Buffalo on May 12th 2009, lost wheel on landing
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, May 13th 2009 09:13Z, last updated Wednesday, May 13th 2009 09:13Z

A Colgan Air de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration N187WQ performing flight 9L-3268 from Newark,NJ to Buffalo,NY (USA), had landed on Buffalo's runway 23 and was taxiing to the ramp via taxiway Alpha, when the tower queried the crew, whether they had lost a tire. After an affirmative reply from the crew emergency services inspected the taxiway and decided to also have a look onto the runway, then reported that fluid, possibly from hydraulics, was on the runway and a whole wheel had been located with debris around the intersections of runway 23, runway 32 and taxiway Alpha. Both runways were closed, runway 32 reopened about 10 minutes later.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

What, were they hoping nobody would notice?

 

[JustaNumber]

I guess my landings don't look too bad by comparison.

 

[Max Q]

What they don't make clear in the report is whether or not the crew was aware of the missing tire before queried by ATC. I find it hard to believe a crew would deliberately ignore such a thing.

 

[Captain Morgan]

What they don't make clear in the report is whether or not the crew was aware of the missing tire before queried by ATC. I find it hard to believe a crew would deliberately ignore such a thing.

Nice GC8 Avatar.

 

[Paul R. Smith]

facepalm smiley needed

 

[Max Q]

Nice GC8 Avatar.

Thanks! She's my little money pit...

 

[SpauldingSmails]

*Singing* "You picked a fine time to leave me loose-wheel."

 

[Flybywire44]

What, were they hoping nobody would notice?

I've lost a tire on landing, we never noticed it till we got to the gate. They may have felt a vibration and blames it on "square" tires...

Who knows? Lets just not give them the benefit of the doubt and insult them Squirrel... Typical. :erm:

 

[727RedTails]

Just ask the Pinnacle crew that landed in MKE a couple years ago. No one will notice. Good video of the a/c touching down leaving the runway in the snow and going to the gate. Pilots left the a/c and went to the hotel. The cockpit floor was pushed up over a foot from the incident.

 

[Captain Morgan]

Thanks! She's my little money pit...

I know what you mean. I've got a white 97 L and it's been nickel and diming me, but I still love her.

 

[Slick]

*Singing* "You picked a fine time to leave me loose-wheel."

You, sir, win the thread.

No further entries required.

 

[DiverDriver]

Just ask the Pinnacle crew that landed in MKE a couple years ago. No one will notice. Good video of the a/c touching down leaving the runway in the snow and going to the gate. Pilots left the a/c and went to the hotel. The cockpit floor was pushed up over a foot from the incident.

Where can we see that video?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

I've lost a tire on landing, we never noticed it till we got to the gate. They may have felt a vibration and blames it on "square" tires...

Who knows? Lets just not give them the benefit of the doubt and insult them Squirrel... Typical. :erm:

So in your incident if the tower asked if you lost a tire on landing what would you have said? Probably No, or I don't think so, or I have no idea. To acknowledge that you lost a tire when asked leads me to believe they knew.

 

[samballs]

Just ask the Pinnacle crew that landed in MKE a couple years ago. No one will notice. Good video of the a/c touching down leaving the runway in the snow and going to the gate. Pilots left the a/c and went to the hotel. The cockpit floor was pushed up over a foot from the incident.

I was right there in the terminal, getting ready to go out to the plane when I worked for skyway. Best incident ever.

 

[samballs]

Where can we see that video?

Not sure. But I did find this gem.