# Incident 20090403005159I: Aerovd L39C, Houma, LA, April 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2009, 12:03 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2399V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2399V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090403005159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT, AIRMAN MASTER CAUTION LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING FOR A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE, AND THEN STAYED ON STEADILY WITH THE GAUGE INDICATING 0 PSI.  THE EMERGENCY BACKUP HYDRAULIC TANK INDICATED 100 PSI.  AIRMAN USED THE EMERGENCY TANK PRESSURE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, WHICH THEN LOWER THE EMERGENCY TANK PRESSURE TO 50 PSI.  ON LANDING ROLLOUT AIRMAN FELT NO BRAKING FROM NORMAL HANDBRAKE, AIRMAN THEN USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND FELT LITTLE INITIAL BRAKING.  AIRMAN CONTINUE INCREASING PRESSURE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT APPLIED TO MUCH PRESSURE AND FELT THE SUDDEN SLOWDOWN DUE TO A BLOWN TIRE AND STARTED VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND ROLLED INTO THE GRASS OF THE RUNWAY.  INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED AN ELBOW FITTING ATTACHED TO THE HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED, CAUSING THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO LOSS PRESSURE.

## Other reports on N2399V (2)

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

- [Accident 20130613012852A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130613012852A), Jun 13, 2013: Aero Vodochody L39C (N2399V), Reno, NV, Minor damage. 6-13-2013 Approximately 1705 PDT; during the afternoon pylon racing school practice sortie, race 99 N2399V (rookie) and race 777 N8124N (experienced) racer…
- [Incident 20040128004959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040128004959I), Jan 28, 2004: Aerovd L39C (N2399V), Atlanta, GA. (-23) Mr. Shawn raker the pilot of N2399V stated that the brakes on his aircraft gave out after he landed on runway 2R at Peachtree-Dekalb airport. He departed…

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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