# Incident 20110402005929I: Embraer ERJ-170-100SU, Denver, CO, April 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2011, 16:14 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870RW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ-170-100SU
- Reported engine: GENERAL ELECTRIC CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110402005929I

## Narrative

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

ON 2 APRIL, REPUBLIC FLIGHT 1436 WAS ENROUTE TO OMAHA, NE FROM DENVER, CO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED BACK TO DENVER FOR A HYDRAULIC FAILURE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS THE PILOT'S NARRATIVE OF EVENTS.INCIDENT TYPE: FLIGHT-CREW-SUBMITTER-INCIDENTREPORT NUMBER: 1144LAST NAME: ESCOFIRST NAME: BRIANJOB TITLE: CAPTAINEVENT DATE-TIME: 2011-04-02 16:00:00ZAIRCRAFT TYPE: ERJ-170TAIL NUMBER: N871RWFLIGHT NUMBER: 1436DEPARTURE: DEN/KDENARRIVAL: OMA/KOMANARRATIVE:  CLIMBING OUT OF DENVER ENROUTE TO OMAHA, BLUE CYAN MESSAGE INDICATING HYD SYS 2 LO QTY, ILLUMINATED. WE RAN QRH AND IT WAS A CREW AWARNESS. UPON LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL QUANTITY GAUGE ON THE MFD, THE QUANTITY INDICATED 20% AND WAS FALLING. I IMMEDIATLY CONCTACTED DISPATCH VIA ATLANTA RADIO AND NOTICED THE QUANTITY WAS RAPIDLY REDUCING. WE ELECTED TO RETURN TO DENVER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  WE NOTIFIED THE CABIN TO PREPARE FOR A LANDING BACK IN DENVER AND THAT IT WOULD BE A NORMAL LANDING. ON APPROACH QUANTITY WAS INDICATING 0% WE LANDED NORMALLY AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY, AT TOUCH DOWN HYD SYSTEM 2 PRESSURE FELL OFF TO 1400PSI AND WE RECIEVED SEVERAL EICAS MESSAGES. AFTER WE CAME TO A STOP THE PRESSURE RETURNED TO SYS 2 (NOT FLUID) AND WE TAXIED TO THE GATE, AND NOTIFIED MAINTENCE.

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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