20131223025069I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Swearingen SA227-AC · Long Beach, CA · December 23, 2013

Date
December 23, 2013 · 09:28 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HKGA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N227LJ
Reported as
Swearingen SA227-AC
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total3,980 in this make and model81 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.

During climb out both hydraulic system pressure warning lights illuminated pressure gauge confirmed ?0? Pressure available, pilot elected to return to departure airport for maintenance declared an emergency on ATC. Landed safely with emergency gear extension.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB OUT BOTH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRESSURE GAUGE CONFIRMED ?0? PRESSURE AVAILABLE, PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR MAINTENANCE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON ATC. LANDED SAFELY WITH EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION.