# Incident 20050729018079I: Cessna 402C, Pompano Beach, FL, July 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2005, 08:00 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FC5A
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78FC-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050729018079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) EIGHT MILES NORTH EAST OF KFLL PILOT NOTICED A HYDRAULIC SMELL IN THE COCKPIT DURING CLIMB OUT. THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT KPMP. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT KPMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT REVEALED HYDRAULIC SITE TUBE ON HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR HAD FAILED CAUSING AN ATOMIZED LEAK FROM THE HYDRAULIC SITE TUBE.

## Other reports on N78FC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050409014399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050409014399I), Apr 9, 2005: Cessna 402C (N78FC), Ft Lauderdale, FL. (-23) Pilot landed at fll and aircraft pulled to the left and departed the runway. Side load on skidding aircraft sheared left lower section of main gear.

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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