# Incident 19960410024969I: Cvac 340CVAC, El Paso, TX, April 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1996, 08:41 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5804 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 340CVAC
- Reported engine: ALLSN 501D13H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,800 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960410024969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 10, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0841 MDT, A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONVAIR 580 LANDED ON RUNWAY 26L AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN EL PASO, TX COMPLETING A SHORT TEST FLIGHT FOLLOWING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE CREW OBSERVED SUBSTANTIAL SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THEY TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR WHICH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED AN "O" RING IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAD FAILED LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID ONTO A HOT BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHICH CREATED SMOKE BUT DID NOT RESULT IN A FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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