# Incident 20001008024539I: Lear 60LEAR, Indianapolis, IN, October 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2000, 11:25 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: N223FX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 60LEAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001008024539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT CRUISE THE LEFT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. 5 MIN LATER THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT THE ENGINE DRIVE HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE ON BOTH ENGINES TO BE COVERED WITH FLUID. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A BLEED AIR LINE THAT APPLIES PRESSURE TO THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED AND CAPPED OFF. THIS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF HEAD PRESSURE AT THE RESERVOIR, AND THE OVER PRESSURIZATION OF THE SYSTEM.

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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