ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314516
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 March 2011 |
| Time: | 18:46 LT |
| Type: |  Bombardier CRJ-200LR |
| Owner/operator: | Pinnacle Airlines Inc |
| Registration: | N8505Q |
| MSN: | 7505 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22800 hours |
| Engine model: | GE CF34-3B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Providence-Theodore Francis Greene State Airport, RI (PVD/KPVD) |
| Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator reported that the flight crew received a main landing gear overheat fail message on the engine indication and crew alerting system as the landing gear was being retracted after takeoff. During the remainder of the flight, the message came on every 15 to 20 seconds, remained on for about 5 seconds, and then extinguished. The flight crew contacted maintenance control and were advised that the flight could continue to the destination since the message was intermittent. The airplane landed at its intended destination without incident. During postincident troubleshooting to determine the reason for the message, maintenance personnel discovered that the right wheel well bin, which incorporated the landing gear overheat temperature sensor, had departed the aircraft. Examination revealed that only 3 of the 11 fasteners that attached the bin to the fuselage remained in place, and those 3 fasteners retained torn sections of bin under their heads. According to the operator, the last maintenance that involved removal and reinstallation of the wheel well bin was the repair of a flap discrepancy six days prior to the incident. Subsequent to the repair, the airplane completed 29 flights before the incident flight. After the incident, the operator published a warning in its airplane maintenance manual cautioning mechanics not to use electric, battery, or pneumatic powered screw guns to secure wheel well bins.
Probable Cause: The mechanic's incomplete securing of all the wheel well bin's fasteners, which resulted in separation of the bin from the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN11IA264
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Jun-2023 17:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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