# Incident 20001224025419I: Beech 1900D, Pittsburgh, PA, December 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2000, 17:58 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMWA
- 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: N125YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125YV-2006-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,643 total, 620 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001224025419I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 12-24-00, AT APPROX. 17:58 LOCAL TIME, AMWA FLIGHT 5554, A BE-1900-D, N125YV, EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PROBLEMS AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, AT THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, (PIT). FLIGHT 5554, WAS ENROUTE FROM BRADFORD PA (BFD) TO JAMESTOWN NY (JHW), WHEN THE HYD LOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW USED THE ALTERNATE EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR VIA THE HAND PUMP, BUT HAD NO INDICATION OF THE NOSE GEAR BEING LOCKED IN PLACE. A DIVERSION WAS MADE TO (PIT), ALONG WITH A FLY-BY THE TOWER, WHERE AMWA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ADVISED THE CREW THAT THE MAIN LANDING AND NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 32 AT (PIT) AND UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE ON SCENE, NONE OF THE FOURTEEN PASSENGERS OR TWO CREWMEMBERS WERE INJURED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NORMAL EXTENSION FLEX HYDRAULIC LINE, ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, HAD RUPTURED CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID LOSS. BOTH NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED, BOTH ENGINES WERE ALSO REPLACED. THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY AMWA^PRIVACY DATA ^AT THE (DUJ) BASE, SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N125YV (1)

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

- [Incident 20010613011449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010613011449I), Jun 13, 2001: Beech 1900D (N125YV), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23)"Left and right environmental fialed to illuminate during takeoff" and the crew aborted the take-off and returned to the gate with further incident.…

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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