# Incident 19960318020999I: Aerosp ATR42320, Houston, TX, March 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1996, 16:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27806, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27806-1997-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,630 total, 4,976 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960318020999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 18, 1996 AT 2215Z, AN ATR-72 (N27806) ON A FLIGHT FROM BROWNSVILLE TO HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOSS OF PRESSURE. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WITH NO SUCCESS. LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE SERVICED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND SYSTEM FOUND OK. FLIGHT CREW WAS TRAINED AND RECHECKED ON CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK (QRH) WITH EMPHASIS ON IDENTIFYING MALFUNCTIONS PRIOR TO USING CHECK LIST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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