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Incident

FAA incident report · Nihon YS-11A-500 · Birmingham, AL · August 31, 1989

Date
August 31, 1989 · 05:30 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ABXA
Aircraft
N913AX
Reported as
Nihon YS11A500
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total600 in this make and model100 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.

Complete hydraulic failure. Free fall gear extension. Used emergency braking system on rollout. Cause not stated.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE HYDRAULIC FAILURE. FREE FALL GEAR EXTENSION. USED EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM ON ROLLOUT. CAUSE NOT STATED.