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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 45LEAR · Omaha, NE · February 16, 2005

Date
February 16, 2005 · 12:13 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N865CA
Reported as
Lear 45LEAR
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0

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 February 16, 2005, while on climb out Learjet, LR-45, N865CA, received a l/h hydraulic pump low light at 5000 ft. MSL. Crew continued climbing while referring to the checklist. Shortly thereafter they received a r/h hydraulic pump low light, both lights were on crew alerting system (cas) panel. At this time crew initiated return back to Omaha at an altitude of 15000 ft. MSL. Moments later they received a main hydraulic pressure amber cas message and had no output from either engine driven hydraulic pumps and about 300 PSI of main hydraulic pressure. Crew executed a manual landing gear extension while descending toward the airport and declared an emergency. Aircraft was able to land without incident at Eppley and was returned to a maintenance shop for investigation of hydraulic system.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 16, 2005, WHILE ON CLIMB OUT LEARJET, LR-45, N865CA, RECEIVED A L/H HYDRAULIC PUMP LOW LIGHT AT 5000 FT. MSL. CREW CONTINUED CLIMBING WHILE REFERRING TO THE CHECKLIST. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THEY RECEIVED A R/H HYDRAULIC PUMP LOW LIGHT, BOTH LIGHTS WERE ON CREW ALERTING SYSTEM (CAS) PANEL. AT THIS TIME CREW INITIATED RETURN BACK TO OMAHA AT AN ALTITUDE OF 15000 FT. MSL. MOMENTS LATER THEY RECEIVED A MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AMBER CAS MESSAGE AND HAD NO OUTPUT FROM EITHER ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS AND ABOUT 300 PSI OF MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. CREW EXECUTED A MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WHILE DESCENDING TOWARD THE AIRPORT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT AT EPPLEY AND WAS RETURNED TO A MAINTENANCE SHOP FOR INVESTIGATION OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.