# Incident 20050610009889I: Bac AVRO146RJ85A, Oklahoma City, OK, June 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2005, 11:25 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 35.3892° N, 97.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3892&lon=-97.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N530XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAC AVRO146RJ85A
- People aboard: 60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05IA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050610009889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 10, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1125 AM, N530XJ, A BAE AVRO-146-RJ85A EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC FAILURE OF A GREEN SYSTEM HIGH PRESSURE LINE. N530XJ WAS REPORTED TO HAVE LANDED AND WAS BREAKING FOR A TURN ONTO TAXIWAY GOLF WHEN THE CREW INDICATED THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THERE WAS A MASTER CAUTION INDICATING A GREEN SYSTEM HYDRAULIC LOSS OF PRESSURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED BEHIND THE OVERHEAD BAGGAGE BINS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE PASSENGERS FROM SEAT 2 IN FIRST CLASS TO SEAT 9 IN THE CABIN WERE SPRAYED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 19 PASSENGERS WERE SPRAYED BY THE HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE CABIN ATMOSPHERE WAS ALSO CONTAMINATED BY THE HIGH PRESSURE MIST. THIS MAY BE THE 4TH OCCURRENCE OF THIS HAPPENING ON THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT. MESABA IS THE ONLY OPERATOR OF THIS AIRCRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS BELIEVED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME PASSENGERS WERE SPRAYED BY THE LEAKING FLUID. AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS INITIATED. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT INTERIOR IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GREEN HYDRAULIC HIGH-PRESSURE LINE HAD FAILED IN ONE OF THE BENDS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE SIDE OF THE RADIUS NOT IN THE RADIUS OF THE BEND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW05IA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA156), Jun 10, 2005: British Aerospace Avro 146-RJ85A (N530XJ), Oklahoma City, OK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Failure of a high pressure hydraulic line from fatigue as a result of a manufacturing defect.

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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