# Incident 20040129001029I: Cvac C131F, Huntsville, AL, January 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville International-Carl T Jones
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6372° N, 86.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD (HSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6372&lon=-86.7751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8277Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8277Q-2015-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair C-131F (registry code 2423005, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-c-131f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC C131F
- Reported engine: PWA R2800CB16
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 3,500 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/20040129001029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW LOWERED LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING AT DCU, THREE GREEN INDICATORS, 1/2 FLAPS. ATTEMPTED FULL FLAPS AND GOT NO RESPONSE WITH INDICATIONS OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE. CHANGED DESTN TO HSV. MADE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING AND AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO 60 KT IT BEGAN TO DRIFT INTO GRASS ON SIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT HAD NO STEERING AND NO BRAKES. DEPARTED RUNWAY INTO GRASS AND STOPPED. NO INJURIES AND VERY MINOR DAMAGE. HYDRAULIC LINE HAD BURST IN NOSEWHEEL OF AIRCRAFT.

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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