What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On June 18, 2006, pinnacle airlines flight 2826, at 1455 local time, aircraft N8775A while enroute from minneapolis Minnesota, to Oklahoma city, diverted to Wichita Kansas, because of hydraulic problems. The pilot report states that the aircraft was approximately 80 miles outside of Wichita, Kansas when instruments in the aircraft alerted the crew that they had hydraulic failure. The flight crew alerted the Wichita, Kansas air traffic control tower of the hydraulic problems they were having, and that they were going to divert to the Wichita Kansas, mid-Continent airport to land. The control tower declared an emergency for flight 2826 and emergency vehicles were dispatched. The aircraft landed safely on runway 1R and taxied to gate 2 under its own power. The pilot reported that the only flight controls lost during the incident were the outboard brakes which lengthen runway rollout distance.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2006, PINNACLE AIRLINES FLIGHT 2826, AT 1455 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N8775A WHILE ENROUTE FROM MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA, TO OKLAHOMA CITY, DIVERTED TO WICHITA KANSAS, BECAUSE OF HYDRAULIC PROBLEMS. THE PILOT REPORT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES OUTSIDE OF WICHITA, KANSAS WHEN INSTRUMENTS IN THE AIRCRAFT ALERTED THE CREW THAT THEY HAD HYDRAULIC FAILURE. THE FLIGHT CREW ALERTED THE WICHITA, KANSAS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OF THE HYDRAULIC PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING, AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DIVERT TO THE WICHITA KANSAS, MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT TO LAND. THE CONTROL TOWER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR FLIGHT 2826 AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 1R AND TAXIED TO GATE 2 UNDER ITS OWN POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ONLY FLIGHT CONTROLS LOST DURING THE INCIDENT WERE THE OUTBOARD BRAKES WHICH LENGTHEN RUNWAY ROLLOUT DISTANCE.
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