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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aero Comman 680FL P · Birmingham, AL · June 23, 2009

Date
June 23, 2009 · 12:53 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N91ES
Reported as
Aero Comman 680FL P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-720
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total1,000 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While in cruise flight, lost hydraulic pressure due to a broken line. Landed uneventful with no brakes or steering. The pilot used differintial power to steer the aircraft clear of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DUE TO A BROKEN LINE. LANDED UNEVENTFUL WITH NO BRAKES OR STEERING. THE PILOT USED DIFFERINTIAL POWER TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY.