# Incident 19960616022389I: Cessna 414A, Ketchikan, AK, June 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1996, 12:51 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6562C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960616022389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 16, 1996 AT 1251 ADT A CESSNA CE-414-A, N6562C, REGISTERED TO GRACE MILLS KOOPMANS, INC., AND LEASED TO TUM WATER FLIGHT SERVICE EXECUTED AN AIR-TURN-BACK. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM THE KETCHIKAN ALASKA AIRPORT A PASSENGER AND FLIGHT SERVICE NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT SMOKE AND HYDRAULIC FLUID DISCHARGING FROM THE #1 ENGINE AND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL. AFTER LANDING THE CERTIFIED A & P MECHANIC REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE HYDRAULIC LINE FROM THE PUMP TO THE FILTER.

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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