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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tmpson NAVION · South Bend, IN · September 3, 2001

Date
September 3, 2001 · 13:35 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100DD
Reported as
Tmpson NAVION*
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total310 in this make and model40 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) A failure in the hydraulic system power pack when a seal becomes worn, allows for fluid to flow to the gear up actuators even when the gear selector is in the down position. The power pack is being sent to a repair facility in California for testing and repair.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A FAILURE IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM POWER PACK WHEN A SEAL BECOMES WORN, ALLOWS FOR FLUID TO FLOW TO THE GEAR UP ACTUATORS EVEN WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE POWER PACK IS BEING SENT TO A REPAIR FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA FOR TESTING AND REPAIR.