October 11, 20223 yr It happened this morning at take off at the apt in Grottaglie LIBG (Italy). The wheel ended up on a vineyard. The freighter carrying a 787 fuselage continued its direct flight to Charleston (USA) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-VmAs47S-gw
October 11, 20223 yr From watching the video as best as you can, it looks like it lost a tyre rather than a wheel ?? Jason Thompson
October 11, 20223 yr Author Hi Jason, 32 minutes ago, jay907uk said: From watching the video as best as you can, it looks like it lost a tyre rather than a wheel ?? Hi Jason, These are the photos published by a local online newspaper that show the lost wheel from B747 DREAMLIFTER and the vineyard where it finished its run. https://www.corriereditaranto.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ruota.jpg https://www.corriereditaranto.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ruota2-768x665.jpg
October 11, 20223 yr Moderator Access Denied 101 What happened? The owner of this website (www.corriereditaranto.it) does not allow hotlinking to that resource (/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ruota.jpg). Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
October 11, 20223 yr Wow, that must've been quite a bounce, think i saw it fly by in Amsterdam. MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus | Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.3GHz | 64GB Corsair Vengeance | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 | 500 GB M.2 NVMe for win | 2TB M.2 NVMe for FS2024 | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Eric from EHAM, a flying Dutchman.
October 11, 20223 yr Author 7 minutes ago, n4gix said: Access Denied 101 What happened? The owner of this website (www.corriereditaranto.it) does not allow hotlinking to that resource (/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ruota.jpg). If the photos are not seen this is the link of the article where at the bottom there are the two photos of the wheel. https://www.corriereditaranto.it/2022/10/11/boing-perde-una-ruota-da-100-kg-2/
October 11, 20223 yr Author The video of the take-off with the photo of the wheel found in the vineyard. https://youtube.com/shorts/D-rJ8XyAEME?feature=share
October 11, 20223 yr Moderator 17 minutes ago, RobPol471 said: If the photos are not seen this is the link of the article where at the bottom there are the two photos of the wheel. Thanks. It clearly was the entire wheel assembly, not just the tyre. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
October 11, 20223 yr Author B747 DREAMLIFTER landed on Charleston's runway 15 about 11 hours after departure. https://avherald.com/h?article=4ff87cec&opt=0
October 12, 20223 yr Probably a wheel bearing failure. That would be the typical reason for a wheel to fall off - and/or a cracked axle, but it appears the bearings are completely missing, so I’d lay odds that the bearings disintegrated. Could be caused by inadequate lubrication or an improperly installed or torqued retaining nut. Even if the crew was aware what happened, continuing the flight was probably the right call - trying do do a potentially overweight landing with a compromised bogie could have led to even more damage to the remaining wheels. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
October 12, 20223 yr My Sim partner from a 747 type rating I did recently was flying it at the time. JBarrett is correct. It was a wheel bearing failure. 1 hour ago, JRBarrett said: Probably a wheel bearing failure. That would be the typical reason for a wheel to fall off - and/or a cracked axle, but it appears the bearings are completely missing, so I’d lay odds that the bearings disintegrated. Could be caused by inadequate lubrication or an improperly installed or torqued retaining nut. FAA ATP, CASA ATPL(A), MEIR, NVFR, Type Rated: A320, B747,B737, E120, B1900D/C KA350, Multi Ratings: PA31-350, BE58, C310, PN68, PA44, BE76. Checked out on: C210, R114, C206, PA28, C172, C152. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7900X CPU @ 3.30GHz (20 CPUs), ~3.3GHzMemory: 64MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Multi Monitor.
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