Originally Posted by
dixi188
Krystal n chips.
If the BCAL 1-11 event was about 1981 or 82 I was at there at Gatwick and saw it land.
It was a main wheel that came off on take off from MAN.
The other wheel on that leg had been changed the previous evening at Gatwick and the guy that changed it had already been Hung, Drawn and Quatered before the aircraft arrived at Gatwick. When it did a flypast he pointed out that the wheel he fitted was still there.
It turned out that the wheel that came off had an incorrect bearing fitted and had done 30 or 40 landings before departing the axle.
Nope, different event to the one you saw. This was a nose wheel changed on a night stop and was done by Dan's who did the line maintenance for B-Cal at the time.