# Incident 19991125042469I: Cvac 440, Greensboro, NC, November 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1999, 09:30 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: I5HA
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N583P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N583P-2005-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991125042469I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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