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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72751C · Tampa, FL · November 8, 1985

Date
November 8, 1985 · 03:55 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TAGA
Aircraft
N418EX
Reported as
Boeing 72751C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

A system hydraulics lost with gear down selection. Diverted. Steering wrench valve failed, depleting the fluid.

As the FAA filed it

A SYSTEM HYDRAULICS LOST WITH GEAR DOWN SELECTION. DIVERTED. STEERING WRENCH VALVE FAILED, DEPLETING THE FLUID.