Satena AT42 at Florencia and Bogota on Dec 1st 2015, dropped main wheel on departure

Last Update: December 8, 2015 / 16:17:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Satena

Flight number
9R-846

Departure
Florencia, Colombia

Destination
Bogota, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
HK-4862

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

A Satena Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-500, registration HK-4862 performing flight 9R-846 from Florencia to Bogota (Colombia) with 31 passengers and 4 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Florencia when just before Vr the left inner main wheel departed from the axle and rolled away into the runway safety zone. Tower advised the crew of the departed wheel, the crew elected to continue the flight to Bogota, performed a low approach to Bogota to have the gear inspected from the ground and landed safely about 60 minutes after departure.

The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the occurrence was rated an incident and is being investigated by Colombia's AIB.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Satena

Flight number
9R-846

Departure
Florencia, Colombia

Destination
Bogota, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
HK-4862

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

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