40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 17, 1989 · 18:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N80J
Reported as
Gulstm G1159A
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total700 in this make and model53 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.
Unable to reduce hydraulic pressure after raising gear and flaps. Found compensator control relay malfunctioned.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO REDUCE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AFTER RAISING GEAR AND FLAPS. FOUND COMPENSATOR CONTROL RELAY MALFUNCTIONED.