# Incident 20131223025069I: Swearingen SA227-AC, Long Beach, CA, December 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2013, 09:28 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HKGA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227LJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227LJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA227-AC
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,980 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131223025069I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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