# Incident 19960222010059I: Boeing 707323C, Miami, FL, February 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MIRA
- Location: 25.7809° N, 80.2887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7809&lon=-80.2887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751MA-2005-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-323C (registry code 138367D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-323c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707323C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,148 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96IA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96IA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960222010059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CCR FLIGHT 402 DEPARTED MANAUS, BRAZIL (SBEG) TO MIAMI, FLORIDA (KMIA) 1540 UTC. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE CREW NOTED A DECREASE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE UTILITY SYSTEM. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE COMPANY PROCEDURES TO ISOLATE THE SYSTEM. SUBSEQUENTLY THEY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO MIAMI. WHEN THEY REACHED MIAMI ARTCC AIRSPACE, THEY INFORMED ATC OF THE PROBLEM. THE FLIGHT RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO HOLD AT JUNIOR, WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEARS. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR AT THIS TIME. HE WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH THE MAIN GEARS. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR BY ALTERNATE MEANS. THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THEY REQUESTED A FLY-BY AT MIAMI TO CONFIRM THE STATUS OF THE LANDING GEAR. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UP. THEY PREPARED FOR A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING ON 9R. AFTER LANDING, THE CREW EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND A DEFECTIVE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE. THIS INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE MALFUNCTION OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. THE F/O AND THE F/E WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR A COMPANY PC CHECK ON APRIL 2, 1996. THE PIC WAS SCHEDULED FOR A PC CHECK ON MARCH 26, 1996. HE FAILED TO APPEAR FOR THE CHECK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA96IA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96IA084), Feb 22, 1996: Boeing 707-323C (N751MA), Miami, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: failure of the flight engineer to follow the appropriate emergency procedure to manually extend the nose landing gear. Factors relating to the incident were: fatigue failure of the utility hydraulic…

## Other reports on N751MA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19961022033239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961022033239A), Oct 22, 1996: Boeing 707323C (N751MA), Manta, EC, Destroyed, 34 fatal. Aircraft crashed after take off from airport.

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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