# Incident 19871113073299I: Cvac STC240T, Des Moines, IA, November 13, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1987, 07:16 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SMBA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94223, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94223-1990-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 600-240D (registry code 2422660, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-600-240d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STC240T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871113073299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID. USED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. FOUND NUMBER 1 HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE BROKEN AT PUMP.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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