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Incident

FAA incident report · Israel 1125 · Middletown, PA · May 8, 1998

Date: May 8, 1998 · 08:30 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N705MA
Reported as: Israel 1125
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total60 in this make and model60 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: aircraft departed Harrisburg international airport (MDT) enroute to cleveland, oh (cle). During the climb, hydraulic pump caution light illuminated and hydraulic pressure decreased. Crew notified ATC and company operations and aircraft returned to MDT. An uneventful landing was made. Defective air release valve on top of hydraulic reservoir replaced. The aircraft was test flown and returned to service. Submission of malfunction and defect report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MDT) ENROUTE TO CLEVELAND, OH (CLE). DURING THE CLIMB, HYDRAULIC PUMP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DECREASED. CREW NOTIFIED ATC AND COMPANY OPERATIONS AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MDT. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. DEFECTIVE AIR RELEASE VALVE ON TOP OF HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. SUBMISSION OF MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.