# Incident 20180213002549I: Cessna CE-680, Westhampton, NY, February 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2018, 11:45 local time
- Place: Westhampton, NY
- Airport: Francis S Gabreski
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AOBA
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCIS S GABRESKI (FOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA CE-680
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213002549I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KBDL UPON ATTEMPTED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, CREW REPORTS HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE WITH LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND LAND GEAR FAILURE TO RETRACT. CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO FOK DUE TO LONGER RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM RUNWAY DUE TO LOSS OF NLG STEERING AND BRAKING CAPABILITIES.

CAUSE OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE FOUND TO BE RUPTURED NLG RETRACTION HOSE SDR HAS BEEN FILED. AN FAA SAFETY RECOMMENDATION FOR AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE WILL BE SENT DUE TO SEVERAL OF THESE HOSES FAILING AS LISTED IN FAA SDR DATABASE

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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