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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Pittsburgh, PA · October 24, 2000

Date
October 24, 2000 · 14:55 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CHQA
Aircraft
N340SF
Reported as
Cessna 340A
People aboard
18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,227 total677 in this make and model182 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 October 24 2000, a saab SF-340A registered as N340SF, made am emergnecy landing at Pittsburgh international airport after reporting hydraulic failure. The aircraft experienced a loss of hydraulic fluid and pressure after takeoff. The crew selected the landing gear down position. Only two green lights annunciated. The crew then activated the emergency extension handle and acquired all three green lights and returned to Pittsburgh. They pulled off the runway and were towed back to the ramp without further incident. Maintenance found and replaced a broken hyraulic swivel fitting on the left main landing gear. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON OCTOBER 24 2000, A SAAB SF-340A REGISTERED AS N340SF, MADE AM EMERGNECY LANDING AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER REPORTING HYDRAULIC FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE AFTER TAKEOFF. THE CREW SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN POSITION. ONLY TWO GREEN LIGHTS ANNUNCIATED. THE CREW THEN ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE AND ACQUIRED ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND RETURNED TO PITTSBURGH. THEY PULLED OFF THE RUNWAY AND WERE TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND AND REPLACED A BROKEN HYRAULIC SWIVEL FITTING ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.