# Incident 20080505847649I: Emb EMB145, Chicago, IL, May 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2008, 19:35 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505847649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FROM ZAU; EGF371 ADVISED HE HAD HYDRAULIC FAILURE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  PILOT ADVISED OF HIS INTENTION TO CONTINUE TO ORD.  SUPERVISOR WAS ADVISED ALONG WITH POUNDS OF FUEL AND PEOPLE ONBOARD.  COORDINATED WITH APPROACH CONTROL TO HAVE EQUIPMENT STANDING BY AND PILOT'S REQUEST FOR RUNWAY 10.  FLIGHT WAS TRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO TRACON FREQUENCY 135.07.

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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