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Incident

FAA incident report · Snias AS 350 BA · Hilo, HI · August 24, 2000

Date
August 24, 2000 · 17:26 local
Place
Hilo, HI
Airport
Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SSHA
Aircraft
N4064F
Reported as
Snias AS350BA
Pilot’s flight hours
16,466 total1,207 in this make and model198 in the last 90 days

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)On 8/24/2000, at approximately 1426 HST, the aerospatiale as 350BA, N4064F, encountered an hydraulic system failure during its approach to the Hilo international airport. The pilot responded to the emergency, notified the Hilo air traffic control tower and successfully performed an emergency landing on the grass area between rwy 8 and the control tower. The post landing aircraft inspection, conducted by sunshine's maintenance department, revealed that the hydraulic pump had failed which caused the system to become inoperative. The failed component was replaced and the aircraft was returned to service on 08/25/2000.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON 8/24/2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1426 HST, THE AEROSPATIALE AS 350BA, N4064F, ENCOUNTERED AN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE DURING ITS APPROACH TO THE HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT RESPONDED TO THE EMERGENCY, NOTIFIED THE HILO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AND SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN RWY 8 AND THE CONTROL TOWER. THE POST LANDING AIRCRAFT INSPECTION, CONDUCTED BY SUNSHINE'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, REVEALED THAT THE HYDRAULIC PUMP HAD FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE FAILED COMPONENT WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 08/25/2000.

Other reports on N4064F · 1

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