# Incident 20020929032419I: Saab SF340A, Charleston, WV, September 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2002, 16:47 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106XJ-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Fairchild 340A (registry code 7850100, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-fairchild-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,275 total, 2,225 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929032419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW RECEIVED MASTER CAUTION DUE TO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW. CREW OBSERVED PRESSURE APPROACHING REDLINE. HYDRAULIC LEVEL WAS NORMAL. QRH PROCEDURES WERE CALLED OUT BY THE PIC TO THE FIRST OFFICER TO ATTEMPT TO REGAIN PRESSURE IN THE MAIN HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR. THE CREW THEN VERIFIED CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN. THE CREW DETERMINED THE HYDRAULIC PUMP HAD FAILED AND THEN REALIZED BRAKE PRESSURE WAS AT OR NEAR 0 PSI. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON DOWNWARD SLOPING TAXIWAY ALPHA. A SEVERE DROP OFF OF 200-300 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE TO USE ASSYMETRIC THRUST TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO MOMENTARILY MOVE TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT THEN ADDED POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE TO COMPENSATE. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE BOTH THE NOSE STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO A TAXIWAY/RUNWAY SIGN. PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH THE SIGN, THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE LEFT PROPELLER HIT THE SIGN AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE PIC INFORMED ATC. THE PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE GATE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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