# Incident 19990209015399I: Lear 60LEAR, Indianapolis, IN, February 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1999, 08:49 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N230FX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 60LEAR
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990209015399I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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