# Incident 20050813031939I: Lkheed 18LKHEED, Portmouth, VA, August 13, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2005, 10:55 local time
- Place: Portmouth, VA
- Airport: Hampton Roads Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8354° N, 76.2983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portsmouth, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8354&lon=-76.2983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30N-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 18-50 (registry code 5261640, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C9GC&D series (registry code 67027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9gc-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LKHEED
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050813031939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20, AND SMELLED HYDRAULIC FLUID. AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WITH THE BACKUP ELECTRIC PUMP FAILED, AND SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY CONFIGURED FOR LANDING, THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH, AFTER PERFORMING A SUCCESSFUL BRAKE CHECK. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HE HAD NO BRAKES, AT WHICH TIME HE CALLED FOR THE ENGINES TO BE SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY, INTO A GRASSY AREA, AND FINALLY INTO A DITCH, WHERE IT FINALLY STOPPED, AFTER THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. ALL OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT, WITH NO INJURIES. A POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A FLARE HAD FAILED ON A SHORT HYDRAULIC LINE CONNECTING THE FLAP SELECTOR VALVE AND THE FLAP SHUTTLE VALVE, CAUSING THE TOTAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.

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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