<< >> NASA ASRS Report 299391, March 1995

Flight crew declared an emergency and diverted to land after dispatcher advises of suspected main wheel damage.

Attributes
ACN	299391
Time
Date	199503
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme tower : ont
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	299391
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

While en route, dispatch informed me that a suspected wheel assembly part had been found on the ramp at rdu. Maintenance thought the tire might be from landing. Flight was diverted to mem. Flight attendants accomplished emergency landing brief and fire trucks were alerted. Landing was normal and taxi was normal. Aircraft was inspected and found to be normal. Flight continued and no emergency was declared.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER DISPATCHER ADVISES OF SUSPECTED MAIN WHEEL DAMAGE.

Narrative: WHILE ENRTE, DISPATCH INFORMED ME THAT A SUSPECTED WHEEL ASSEMBLY PART HAD BEEN FOUND ON THE RAMP AT RDU. MAINT THOUGHT THE TIRE MIGHT BE FROM LNDG. FLT WAS DIVERTED TO MEM. FLT ATTENDANTS ACCOMPLISHED EMER LNDG BRIEF AND FIRE TRUCKS WERE ALERTED. LNDG WAS NORMAL AND TAXI WAS NORMAL. ACFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE NORMAL. FLT CONTINUED AND NO EMER WAS DECLARED.

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.