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Incident

FAA incident report · Cvac 440 · Greensboro, NC · November 25, 1999

Date: November 25, 1999 · 09:30 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: I5HA
Aircraft: N583P
Reported as: Cvac 440

N583PRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2005 · Convair 440S/N 454 Airframe modelConvair 440

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.

(-23)Hydraulic system leaked out on descent to gso, performed checklist procedures, turned by-pass switch to save whatever fluid was left. The PIC declared an emergency to gso tower, free fall gear, landed on runway, used air brakes which caused to blow all for main tires. Acft was stuck on runway for 2 hours no tow bar for this acft on field. Maintenance from charlotte arrived, changed ob tires, added hyd. Fluid and taixed acft to ramp. Maintenance discovered a small pin hole in hyd. Line, caused by chaffing of adel clamp which was missed placed on the hyd. Line.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LEAKED OUT ON DESCENT TO GSO, PERFORMED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES, TURNED BY-PASS SWITCH TO SAVE WHATEVER FLUID WAS LEFT. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO GSO TOWER, FREE FALL GEAR, LANDED ON RUNWAY, USED AIR BRAKES WHICH CAUSED TO BLOW ALL FOR MAIN TIRES. ACFT WAS STUCK ON RUNWAY FOR 2 HOURS NO TOW BAR FOR THIS ACFT ON FIELD. MAINTENANCE FROM CHARLOTTE ARRIVED, CHANGED OB TIRES, ADDED HYD. FLUID AND TAIXED ACFT TO RAMP. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A SMALL PIN HOLE IN HYD. LINE, CAUSED BY CHAFFING OF ADEL CLAMP WHICH WAS MISSED PLACED ON THE HYD. LINE.