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Incident

FAA incident report · Hwksly BH125400A · Salt Lake City, UT · October 20, 1995

Date
October 20, 1995 · 09:30 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N72HC
Reported as
Hwksly BH125400A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,600 total2,000 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: during take-off and after landing gear retraction, the main bleed air valves were opened to pressure the aircraft, but immediately following their opening smoke filled the cabin and cockpit areas. The main air valves were then closed and emergency procedures were accomplished during which a request for return and landing was made to the tower. Landing and taxi to the ramp was made without further incident and the passengers and crew departed the aircraft. Preliminary and detailed investigation indicated that hydraulic fluid had entered the environmental system through a failed check valve.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKE-OFF AND AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, THE MAIN BLEED AIR VALVES WERE OPENED TO PRESSURE THE AIRCRAFT, BUT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR OPENING SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN AND COCKPIT AREAS. THE MAIN AIR VALVES WERE THEN CLOSED AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED DURING WHICH A REQUEST FOR RETURN AND LANDING WAS MADE TO THE TOWER. LANDING AND TAXI TO THE RAMP WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND THE PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. PRELIMINARY AND DETAILED INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD ENTERED THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM THROUGH A FAILED CHECK VALVE.