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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm GIV · North Platte, NE · September 2, 2009

Date: September 2, 2009 · 17:53 local
Place: North Platte, NE
Airport: North Platte Regional Airport Lee
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: T19A
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N688TT
Reported as: Gulstm GIV
People aboard: 8
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) N688T, Gulfstream ga-iv, being operated by twc aviation inc. as a usc 14 cft part 135 flight enroute from van nuys, CA, to montreal, quebec, diverted to North Platte, NE, due to a hydraulic low indication light. The passengers were transferred to another aircraft. Maintenance found the reservoir fluid low. Maintenance replenished the reservoir of N688TT, and the aircraft flew to lincoln, NE. Duncan aviation found that the hydraulic relief valve was malfunctioning allowing fluid to transfer to the other reservoir and then discharge overboard. Maintenance replaced the flight hydraulic system relief valve and the flight hydraulic system reservoir.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N688T, GULFSTREAM GA-IV, BEING OPERATED BY TWC AVIATION INC. AS A USC 14 CFT PART 135 FLIGHT ENROUTE FROM VAN NUYS, CA, TO MONTREAL, QUEBEC, DIVERTED TO NORTH PLATTE, NE, DUE TO A HYDRAULIC LOW INDICATION LIGHT. THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RESERVOIR FLUID LOW. MAINTENANCE REPLENISHED THE RESERVOIR OF N688TT, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLEW TO LINCOLN, NE. DUNCAN AVIATION FOUND THAT THE HYDRAULIC RELIEF VALVE WAS MALFUNCTIONING ALLOWING FLUID TO TRANSFER TO THE OTHER RESERVOIR AND THEN DISCHARGE OVERBOARD. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FLIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM RELIEF VALVE AND THE FLIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM RESERVOIR.