# Incident 20180330014679I: Cessna 650, Sanford, FL, March 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2018, 17:18 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N126MT-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 650 (registry code 2076802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180330014679I

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT 80 MILES WEST OF SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT N126MT EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC EMERGENCY.  THE AIRCRAFT WARNING SYSTEM NOTIFIED THE PIC THAT THE RESERVOIR WAS LOW AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE.  AS THE CREW REFERENCED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED TO BE DIVERTED TO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD AND CRASH RESCUE RESOURCES.  UPON ENTERING THE AIRSPACE THE CREW COULD NOT DEPLOY THE LANDING GEAR DUE TO THE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID; ONLY THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED.  AFTER AN HOUR OF LOITERING  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE HELP FROM THE TOWER IN USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR RELEASE AND EXTENDED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  AFTER LANDING THE PIC DECIDED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT UNDER POWER TO THE FBO RAMP WHILE EMERGENCY SERVICES FOLLOWED.  THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED WITH BOTH ENGINESAT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FROM TAXIWAY BRAVO TO THE MILLION AIR RAMP.  THE PIC TRIED TO EXECUTE A RIGHT TURN DOWN THE RAMP IN-BETWEEN A ROW OF AIRCRAFT AND ALLOWED THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING TO STRIKE A PARKED AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC THEN TRIED TO USED THE EMERGENCY BREAK TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE.  THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND DID A 180 DEGREE TURN STRIKING ANOTHER CESSNA THAT WAS PARKED UNTIL IT CAME TO A FULL STOP.

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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