33.2148° N, 97.1331° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 3, 2012 · 11:11 local
Place
Denton, TX
Airport
Denton Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N492P
Reported as
Beech 400A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
30,883 total800 in this make and model30 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.
At flight level 310 a low hydraulic level annunciator indicated a loss of hydraulic fluid. Crew returned to Denton airport (dto). Used alternate nitrogen system for gear and braking. Nitrogen system reported to work as advertised.
As the FAA filed it
AT FLIGHT LEVEL 310 A LOW HYDRAULIC LEVEL ANNUNCIATOR INDICATED A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. CREW RETURNED TO DENTON AIRPORT (DTO). USED ALTERNATE NITROGEN SYSTEM FOR GEAR AND BRAKING. NITROGEN SYSTEM REPORTED TO WORK AS ADVERTISED.