20131027021039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 680 · Palm Beach, FL · October 27, 2013

Date
October 27, 2013 · 17:20 local
Place
Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N334QS
Reported as
Cessna 680
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,619 total2,110 in this make and model98 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.

After the aircraft had taken off from mygf, the pilot raised the landing gear and shortly after that they had an indication of low hydraulic fluid. The pilot continued to a safe altitude and trouble shot the problem. They declared an emergency and diverted to pbi airport. Once on the ground, they used emergency braking. The aircraft struck the "emas" system at the end of rwy 14 where it came to rest inside of the emas. Upon inspection, it was discovered that they lost hydraulic pressure and fluid when the nose steering flex hose cracked and leaked out all of the hydraulic fluid.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM MYGF, THE PILOT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT THEY HAD AN INDICATION OF LOW HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO A SAFE ALTITUDE AND TROUBLE SHOT THE PROBLEM. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO PBI AIRPORT. ONCE ON THE GROUND, THEY USED EMERGENCY BRAKING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE "EMAS" SYSTEM AT THE END OF RWY 14 WHERE IT CAME TO REST INSIDE OF THE EMAS. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND FLUID WHEN THE NOSE STEERING FLEX HOSE CRACKED AND LEAKED OUT ALL OF THE HYDRAULIC FLUID.