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Incident

FAA incident report · Snias AS350BA · Chicago, IL · August 20, 1996

Date: August 20, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place: Chicago, IL
Airport: Merrill C Meigs
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N500XP
Reported as: Snias AS350BA
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total350 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: belt used to drive hydraulic pump was found broken. Extra belt which is secured over the housing was installed and aircraft returned to airport. Later investigation noted that the air conditioner belt broke first privacy data omitted aircraft had departed Meigs airport, Chicago, IL, when suddenly the aircraft hydraulic system was noted inoperative. The pilot made a precautionary landing without further incident. There was no fire nor injury.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: BELT USED TO DRIVE HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS FOUND BROKEN. EXTRA BELT WHICH IS SECURED OVER THE HOUSING WAS INSTALLED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. LATER INVESTIGATION NOTED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BELT BROKE FIRST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED MEIGS AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL, WHEN SUDDENLY THE AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS NOTED INOPERATIVE. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO FIRE NOR INJURY.