# Incident 19980923025999I: Rkwell NA26540, Pontiac, MI, September 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1998, 18:02 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JKBA
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49RJ-2004-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NA-265-40 (registry code 6402608, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6 6A (registry code 52042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt12a-6-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980923025999I

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL HYDRAULIC FAILURE AS IT EXITED THE RWY. AND DAMAGED OCCURRED TO THE UNDERCARRIGAE OF THE ACFT.                               (-5) UPON BEGINNING TAXIING AIRCRAFT HAD A TOTAL HYDRAULIC FAILURE RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT RUNNING OFF TAXIWAY, STRIKING AIRPORT TAXIWAY SIGN, DAMAGING THE SIGN AND THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT PARTS/COMPONENTS. NOSE GEAR TIRES, NOSE GEAR DOOR, SPEED BRAKE AND ASSOCIATED HYDRAULIC LINE.

## Other reports on N49RJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960501012589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960501012589I), May 1, 1996: Rkwell NA26540 (N49RJ), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft on repositioning flight for 135 cargo trip. Left main gear tire blew on landing. Directional control was lost and aircraft ran off runway.…

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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