# Incident 19960323007599I: Boeing 737100, Buffalo, NY, March 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1996, 21:42 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44214, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44214-1998-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-130 (registry code 1384435, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737100
- People aboard: 96
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960323007599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 1420 DEPARTED EWR AT 20:35 ENROUTE TO BUF WHILE CRUISING AT 23,000 MSL THE "A" HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOST ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID QUANTITY. AIRCRFT LANDED IN BUFFALO WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN HYDRAULIC LINE AT THE HYDRAULIC MODULE. MAINTENANCE R&R THE BROKEN LINE AND R&R BOTH 1&2 "A" SYSTEM PUMPS AS A PRECAUTION.

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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