# Incident 20001024018349I: Saab SF340A, Pittsburgh, PA, October 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2000, 15:08 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N146CQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,713 total, 1,210 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001024018349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 2000, A SAAB SF-340, U.S. REGISTERED AS N146CQ, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AFTER THE CREW HEARD A LOUD SQUEAL COME FROM THE HYDRAULIC PUMP, AND THEN THEY LOST HYDRAULIC POWER. THE CREW HAND PUMPED THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT AND CREW EXPERIENCED NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE TAXIWAY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT HAND HYDRAULIC PUMP WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS NOTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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