20180804010039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rockwell International NA-265-65 · Eagle, CO · August 4, 2018

Date
August 4, 2018 · 13:00 local
Place
Eagle, CO
Airport
Eagle County Regional
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N770MD
Reported as
Rockwell International NA-265-65
Reported engine
AiResearch TFE731 series
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On August 4, 2018 at approximately 1230 mountain daylight time, a Rockwell saberliner N770MD, experienced hydraulic failure during approach. The pilots activated the emergency brakes and landed the aircraft without incident. The hydraulic system appeared to have some function and they started to taxi to the ramp area. During taxing to the ramp, the aircraft lost all hydraulic pressure and veered off the taxiway hitting a taxiway light. The aircraft received minor damage to the right landing gear door.

The director of maintenance trouble shot the hydraulic system and found the hydraulic selector switch in the cockpit was intermittent. He replaced the switch and the landing gear door. Ran all of the hydraulic systems including flaps, speed brakes and swung the landing gear several times without any other failures. He returned the aircraft back to service and the aircraft has not had any other hydraulic failures as of this date.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 4, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A ROCKWELL SABERLINER N770MD, EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC FAILURE DURING APPROACH. THE PILOTS ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM APPEARED TO HAVE SOME FUNCTION AND THEY STARTED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP AREA. DURING TAXING TO THE RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND VEERED OFF THE TAXIWAY HITTING A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR.

THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE TROUBLE SHOT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND FOUND THE HYDRAULIC SELECTOR SWITCH IN THE COCKPIT WAS INTERMITTENT. HE REPLACED THE SWITCH AND THE LANDING GEAR DOOR. RAN ALL OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLAPS, SPEED BRAKES AND SWUNG THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY OTHER FAILURES. HE RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO SERVICE AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT HAD ANY OTHER HYDRAULIC FAILURES AS OF THIS DATE.