19990209015399I

Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 60LEAR · Indianapolis, IN · February 9, 1999

Date: February 9, 1999 · 08:49 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N230FX
Reported as: Lear 60LEAR
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

(-5)On 2/9/99, Lear jet 60 aircraft N230FX, enroute from hpn to hdn, with three passengers and a crew of two, reported hydraulic pressure drop to caution range, landing gear extension caused hyd. Press. To drop below caution range. Flaps were unable to extend beyond 20 degrees, aircraft diverted to ind. Aircraft landed without incident. Emergency equipment was standing-by. Air brake was used to stop the plane. Pin hole due to chaffed was found on LH flap actuator retract tube.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)ON 2/9/99, LEAR JET 60 AIRCRAFT N230FX, ENROUTE FROM HPN TO HDN, WITH THREE PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF TWO, REPORTED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DROP TO CAUTION RANGE, LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CAUSED HYD. PRESS. TO DROP BELOW CAUTION RANGE. FLAPS WERE UNABLE TO EXTEND BEYOND 20 DEGREES, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO IND. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING-BY. AIR BRAKE WAS USED TO STOP THE PLANE. PIN HOLE DUE TO CHAFFED WAS FOUND ON LH FLAP ACTUATOR RETRACT TUBE.