Incident · 1988-11-10

NTSB case CHI89IA023 · BRITISH AEROSPACE JS-3101 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1988-11-10
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BRITISH AEROSPACE JS-3101 (N333PX)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: EXPRESS AIRLINES 1, INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EXPRESS AIRLINES 1, INC

Probable cause

LOSS OF LUBRICATION TO THE OUTER WHEEL BEARING, AND THE SUBSEQUENT DISINTEGRATION OF THE BEARING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY INSPECT AND GREASE THE BEARING.

Source: NTSB case CHI89IA023

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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