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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Cedar Rapids, IA · March 14, 1995

Date: March 14, 1995 · 05:22 local
Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SIMA
Aircraft: N89MQ
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

Narrative: aircraft departed cid enroute to ord. After takeoff gear would not retract. Gear was manually extended and aircraft returned to cid and landed safely. Aircraft had slowed and was attempting to taxi off runway when the nose wheel went off the taxiway and into the mud. There was a substantial amount of hydraulic fluid in the right wheel well. Inspection revealed a failed swivel in the right hydraulic line above the right main gear. Aircraft will be ferried to chicago for repair. This incident is considered closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CID ENROUTE TO ORD. AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CID AND LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT HAD SLOWED AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OFF RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY AND INTO THE MUD. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL. INSPECTION REVEALED A FAILED SWIVEL IN THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC LINE ABOVE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT WILL BE FERRIED TO CHICAGO FOR REPAIR. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.