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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · West Palm Beac, FL · February 17, 2008

Date: February 17, 2008 · 10:10 local
Place: West Palm Beac, FL
Airport: Palm Beach International
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: Z5FA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N554CS
Reported as: Cessna 560XL
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,681 total1,754 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During approach into kpbi the low hydraulic level and left/right low hydraulic flow indication illuminated. Crew followed the abnormal checklist, manually extended the landing gears, and declared an emergency landing into kpbi. Landing was uneventful. Maintenance found a defective left hydraulic pump pressure line. The pressure line was replaced, hydraulic system was serviced, gear swings were performed and system was leaked checked with engines running. Operation and leak checks were good and the aircraft was released for service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING APPROACH INTO KPBI THE LOW HYDRAULIC LEVEL AND LEFT/RIGHT LOW HYDRAULIC FLOW INDICATION ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED THE ABNORMAL CHECKLIST, MANUALLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEARS, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO KPBI. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE FOUND A DEFECTIVE LEFT HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE. THE PRESSURE LINE WAS REPLACED, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED, GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED AND SYSTEM WAS LEAKED CHECKED WITH ENGINES RUNNING. OPERATION AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.