Expressjet CRJ7 at New York on Apr 17th 2018, dropped wheel on departure

Last Update: April 17, 2018 / 21:33:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Expressjet

Flight number
DL-5507

Aircraft Registration
N710EV

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

An Expressjet Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N710EV performing flight DL-5507 from New York La Guardia,NY to Richmond,VA (USA), departed La Guardia's runway 31 when tower reported it appears they had lost a tyre on departure. The next arrival to runway 22 was instructed to go around. The CRJ crew stopped the climb at 10000 feet and assessed their options, then decided to divert to Washington Dulles where the aircraft landed without further incident about 80 minutes after departure.

A post flight inspection revealed the outboard left hand main wheel was missing from the axle.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Expressjet

Flight number
DL-5507

Aircraft Registration
N710EV

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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