Nose Wheel Popping Off Airplane

[Griz882]

Not a nose wheel, but exciting nonetheless

By the looks of it, they have plenty more.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Not a nose wheel, but exciting nonetheless

Yikes. Wonder how much fuel they dumped.

 

[taxi1]

Not a nose wheel, but exciting nonetheless

It’d be something if it bounced into a football stadium and right back out. At half time.

 

[robav8r]

Can you imagine the employee conversation with the insurance company and trying to hold United liable for a total loss on their vehicle?

 

[sevenhelmet]

Can you imagine the employee conversation with the insurance company and trying to hold United liable for a total loss on their vehicle?

Ugh. You know that’s not going to be an easy one.

 

[Random8145]

So are the airlines just not doing maintenance the way they should?

 

[Brett327]

So are the airlines just not doing maintenance the way they should?

Why would you think that anyone here has any insights into why this incident happened?

 

[sevenhelmet]

So are the airlines just not doing maintenance the way they should?

I’m sure it’s something we can easily generalize into a sound bite.

 

[Griz882]

I’m sure it’s something we can easily generalize into a sound bite.

Righty tighty …lefty loosey.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Righty tighty …lefty loosey.

Torquey wrenchy overspeccy.

 

[Random8145]

Why would you think that anyone here has any insights into why this incident happened?

Well y'all are pilots and some of you are airline pilots, so I thought maybe you might (shrugs)

 

[JTS11]

Well y'all are pilots and some of you are airline pilots, so I thought maybe you might (shrugs)

Someone on the maint crew probably didn't have access to the "cheater" bar to get those lug nuts to a proper "snug" tightness.

That's what I do at home, but I'm the sole QA and sign-off authority...

 

[Random8145]

Someone on the maint crew probably didn't have access to the "cheater" bar to get those lug nuts to a proper "snug" tightness.

That's what I do at home, but I'm the sole QA and sign-off authority...

So I guess the airline version of this happened:

 

[sevenhelmet]

Someone on the maint crew probably didn't have access to the "cheater" bar to get those lug nuts to a proper "snug" tightness.

That's what I do at home, but I'm the sole QA and sign-off authority...

😆

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they snugged the wheel up and never torqued it. Or, they overtorqued it…

For the uninitiated, use a torque wrench. A cheater bar is only for loosening bolts- otherwise you may overstress your wheel studs. Lug nuts have a proper torque spec. If you’re using an impact gun (the adjustable torque kind, I hope), start the lug nuts by hand, or your impact will F@$k the threads and you’ll need new wheel studs.

 

[JTS11]

😆

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they snugged the wheel up and never torqued it. Or, they overtorqued it…

For the uninitiated, use a torque wrench. A cheater bar is only for loosening bolts- otherwise you may overstress your wheel studs. Lug nuts have a proper torque spec. If you’re using an impact gun (the adjustable torque kind, I hope), start the lug nuts by hand, or your impact will F@$k the threads and you’ll need new wheel studs.

I'm forwarding this to my personal QAO for inclusion in the JTS114790.A wheel maint program. 😄