Helicopter wheel falls through ceiling of Lynwood home, owner says she’s ‘been dreading this’

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A family in south suburban Lynwood made a surprising discovery Saturday night when they returned home and found a helicopter wheel hanging from the ceiling of their bathroom.

Linda Dian, 55, said she returned just before 7 p.m. to her two-story, single-family home at 20019 Marlin Court and was watching TV when her daughter began yelling upstairs.

“She started screaming, ‘momma, momma come here now,’” Dian said. “I was scared. I thought something had happened to one of my grandkids.”

What she found upstairs stunned her — a small wheel that looked like it was from an airplane poking through the ceiling of the bathroom.

“I saw the wheel hanging in the ceiling of my bathroom. There was plaster everywhere,” Dian said.

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She said the wheel must have struck the home while they were out earlier in the evening. None of the neighbors she had talked to Saturday night said they heard anything.

A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the part appeared to be a dolly wheel assembly from a helicopter. The agency was still working to determine when and from which aircraft the part fell from Saturday night.

Dian, who lives blocks away from Lansing Municipal Airport, said she had long feared something like this would happen to her home.

“I am so scared and nervous right now,” Dian said. “I’ve been dreading this. I’ve always had a fear for a plane hitting the house. What if it had been later in the night?”

A spokesperson for the airport did not respond to a request for comment Saturday night.

Dian called the police and a crew from the Lynwood Fire Department was sent to the home. Firefighters pushed the wheel back out through the roof and carried it away.

“They’re just trying to figure out who this belongs to at this point,” Dian said. “I’m so thankful no one was hurt.”

My guess is from an R44 on it's way to the scene of the accident.

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Originally Posted by Same again (Post 10588375)

My guess is from an R44 on it's way to the scene of the accident.

I would say that your guess is spot on:
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More grounds to bash the R44 as an unsafe helicopter that strikes fear into the population at large.....????

Also fits on the R66.

Looks like there is now a left and a right? The old R22 just had 2 the same, one went forward and one backward. Easier to replace when one fell off in flight, just buy another one, no need to specify left or right.

Was she specifically dreading having her house hit by a helicopter ground handling wheel ?. I would say she was lucky is was not a BO105 , those things are pretty heavy .

scuse my ignorance but are you supposed to fly with them installed?

One must be impressed by the durability of the "Easy Wheels". Still good-to-go; not a scratch

However less impressive was the pre-flight walkaround not noticing the big brightly coloured wheels and the fact the helicopter was not even sitting on the ground.

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Originally Posted by RMK (Post 10588540)

T'was my first thought... Kudos for maintenance and cleanliness! In any case... "Errare humanum est" and I would not throw the first stone...

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Originally Posted by alicopter (Post 10588561)

T'was my first thought... Kudos for maintenance and cleanliness! In any case... "Errare humanum est" and I would not throw the first stone...

Really? You're suggesting maintenance people had something to do with this?

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Originally Posted by widgeon (Post 10588536)

Excuse my ignorance but are you supposed to fly with them installed?

should be removed prior flight.

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However less impressive was the pre-flight walkaround not noticing the big brightly coloured wheels and the fact the helicopter was not even sitting on the ground.

Could it not sit even on the floor, with the ground handling wheel in “down” position (but not removed)?

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Originally Posted by roscoe1 (Post 10588727)

Really? You're suggesting maintenance people had something to do with this?

Sorry, did not express myself clearly.... (english not my mother tongue)... All I was saying (tongue in cheek!) was, the immaculate condition of the wheel (even after a solo flight) was a credit to M&R for keeping it looking so good and clean. Greasy hands and being chucked away in a corner of a hangar results usually in them not looking so "new"... Not claiming it was any other person than the pilot's fault...

Alicopter -I don't think in any way there was anything wrong in the way you expressed yourself in your post -

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Originally Posted by Hot and Hi (Post 10588857)

Could it not sit even on the floor, with the ground handling wheel in “down” position (but not removed)?

Yes, that could be the case. The ship could have been lowered, but the wheels still inserted into the brackets.

I wonder where the other wheel is...

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Originally Posted by RMK (Post 10588540)

Assuming the ground handling wheel was on the skid.

“I am so scared and nervous right now,” Dian said. “I’ve been dreading this. I’ve always had a fear for a plane hitting the house."

Yet chose to live there.

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Originally Posted by Hadley Rille (Post 10589089)

“I am so scared and nervous right now,” Dian said. “I’ve been dreading this. I’ve always had a fear for a plane hitting the house."

Yet chose to live there.

That has been discussed before on here, neighbours suing nearby air fields about noise and risks. As said you have done your due diligence before moving.... then bitch later?...

I'm deeply unimpressed with Robinson's wheeled landing gear upgrade...

Just took another look at the R44 that Robinson themselves managed to put on its side and no, it wasn’t fitted with this landing gear despite being a brand model. New buyers can look at the options list when purchasing.. The Original Easy Wheels or The Trolley on Wheels.