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.
Us airways flight 5, phx to ord, sent acars message at 2050Z that the yellow "hydraulic reservoir low level warning" came on. The crew followed the ecam procedures and turned off the yellow engine 2 hydraulic pump. Yellow system then showed zero level. At 2057Z, the crew reported that they lost all the yellow system hydraulic fluid. They had pressure to both systems thru the hydraulic ptu and were continuing on to ord. At 2145Z , 50 miles NE of mci, the green system overheated and they declared an emergency, diverting to mci. Flight 5 landed at mci without incident. The aircraft did not have nose-wheel steering and was towed to the gate.
As the FAA filed it
US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 5, PHX TO ORD, SENT ACARS MESSAGE AT 2050Z THAT THE YELLOW "HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR LOW LEVEL WARNING" CAME ON. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE ECAM PROCEDURES AND TURNED OFF THE YELLOW ENGINE 2 HYDRAULIC PUMP. YELLOW SYSTEM THEN SHOWED ZERO LEVEL. AT 2057Z, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THEY LOST ALL THE YELLOW SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID. THEY HAD PRESSURE TO BOTH SYSTEMS THRU THE HYDRAULIC PTU AND WERE CONTINUING ON TO ORD. AT 2145Z , 50 MILES NE OF MCI, THE GREEN SYSTEM OVERHEATED AND THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTING TO MCI. FLIGHT 5 LANDED AT MCI WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE NOSE-WHEEL STEERING AND WAS TOWED TO THE GATE.
Other reports on N637AW · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.