29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 18, 1982 · 10:45 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Hobby
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GATA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4185C
Reported as
Cvac 440
People aboard
28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost all hydraulic fluid, blew down gear, used emergency brakes, blew #1 and #4 tires. Left hydraulic pump seal bad
As the FAA filed it
LOST ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID, BLEW DOWN GEAR, USED EMERGENCY BRAKES, BLEW #1 AND #4 TIRES. LEFT HYDRAULIC PUMP SEAL BAD