commpilot wrote:

On final to ORD and wheel fell off and landed in the backyard of a house. No injuries.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wheel-falls-off-small-plane-ends-up-in-neighborhood-before-landing-at-ohare/2420406/

flipdewaf wrote:

Interesting that its a tyre and not the whole wheel, I was ready to say "someone didn't check everything was tight".

Fred

twincommander wrote:

Can't say this incident surprises me regarding Boutique.
Their MX Control is pushy to just sign stuff off and then combine that with their lack of knowledge of the aircraft... Local tech probably got distracted by their constant calling for updates.

UPNYGuy wrote:

twincommander wrote:

Can't say this incident surprises me regarding Boutique.
Their MX Control is pushy to just sign stuff off and then combine that with their lack of knowledge of the aircraft... Local tech probably got distracted by their constant calling for updates.

wow. I didn’t know this about them. I have almost taken them a few times (used to operate out of ALB). Is your opinion that something serious is bound to occur?

SyracuseAvGeek wrote:

UPNYGuy wrote:

twincommander wrote:

Can't say this incident surprises me regarding Boutique.
Their MX Control is pushy to just sign stuff off and then combine that with their lack of knowledge of the aircraft... Local tech probably got distracted by their constant calling for updates.

wow. I didn’t know this about them. I have almost taken them a few times (used to operate out of ALB). Is your opinion that something serious is bound to occur?

Wow, surprising. I’ve been on only one of their flight and it seemed fine. Obviously I can’t tell from a single flight, but still a good flight.

I found this channel on YouTube with trip reports from a bunch of the places Boutique fly’s. Seems like he/she has been to most places they fly to except in the northeast:
https://youtube.com/c/GerardiAviationPh ... roductions

jayspilot wrote:

if you watch the news footage you can see the wheel hub is cracked in half nearby.. the debris.

glad no one was hurt or killed on the ground and the plan stayed on the runway on landing.

having a gear problem is one thing you plan for but having 3 green indicators but no actual tire is a bit more concerning.

UPNYGuy wrote:

twincommander wrote:

Can't say this incident surprises me regarding Boutique.
Their MX Control is pushy to just sign stuff off and then combine that with their lack of knowledge of the aircraft... Local tech probably got distracted by their constant calling for updates.

wow. I didn’t know this about them. I have almost taken them a few times (used to operate out of ALB). Is your opinion that something serious is bound to occur?

as739x wrote:

This never happened to the mighty Caravan when I was operating IWD-ORD

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

A high performance plane being operated by low performance operators. Sort of like Learjet and used G IV experiences.

DiamondFlyer wrote:

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

A high performance plane being operated by low performance operators. Sort of like Learjet and used G IV experiences.

Yeah, I'm not sure a PC-12 is a high performance airplane by any definition.

FlyOhioAviation wrote:

DiamondFlyer wrote:

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

A high performance plane being operated by low performance operators. Sort of like Learjet and used G IV experiences.

Yeah, I'm not sure a PC-12 is a high performance airplane by any definition.

I'm pretty darn sure by the definition of "high performance airplane" in the FAR-AIM it is

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

If your skills don’t match the plane, any plane is “high performance”, see the clown show in the GIV with the rapper on board a couple years ago.

DiamondFlyer wrote:

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

A high performance plane being operated by low performance operators. Sort of like Learjet and used G IV experiences.

Yeah, I'm not sure a PC-12 is a high performance airplane by any definition.

UPNYGuy wrote:

twincommander wrote:

Can't say this incident surprises me regarding Boutique.
Their MX Control is pushy to just sign stuff off and then combine that with their lack of knowledge of the aircraft... Local tech probably got distracted by their constant calling for updates.

wow. I didn’t know this about them. I have almost taken them a few times (used to operate out of ALB). Is your opinion that something serious is bound to occur?

FlyingElvii wrote:

UPNYGuy wrote:

twincommander wrote:

Can't say this incident surprises me regarding Boutique.
Their MX Control is pushy to just sign stuff off and then combine that with their lack of knowledge of the aircraft... Local tech probably got distracted by their constant calling for updates.

wow. I didn’t know this about them. I have almost taken them a few times (used to operate out of ALB). Is your opinion that something serious is bound to occur?

Been on Boutique several times, it is a nice ride. Arriving at the FBO instead of the terminal is a HUGE plus in my opinion, I am out of DFW in just minutes. Things happen... No injuries, no major aircraft damage. But the tech is going to have a sit down with the FAA for sure. Outstation FBO?

Francoflier wrote:

I'd be more curious to see what happened to the airplane after it landed without a wheel...

twincommander wrote:

SyracuseAvGeek wrote:

UPNYGuy wrote:

wow. I didn’t know this about them. I have almost taken them a few times (used to operate out of ALB). Is your opinion that something serious is bound to occur?

Wow, surprising. I’ve been on only one of their flight and it seemed fine. Obviously I can’t tell from a single flight, but still a good flight.

I found this channel on YouTube with trip reports from a bunch of the places Boutique fly’s. Seems like he/she has been to most places they fly to except in the northeast:
https://youtube.com/c/GerardiAviationPh ... roductions

My opinion comes from experience. I've been on the other end of the phone being asked to "just sign it off" many times. If they called asking for help, i made damn sure the areas i touched were good. If they told me they've been having issues with this write up but nothing to go on, i would and tell them "if you want me to sign it off i need to T/S the issue."