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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA · Opa Locka, FL · October 15, 2018

Date: October 15, 2018 · 12:59 local
Place: Opa Locka, FL
Airport: Opa Locka
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N986HH
Reported as: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Westwind Astra
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total650 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N986HHRegistered now · Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRAS/N 041 · Built 1990 Airframe modelIsrael Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA Engine modelAiResearch TFE731 seriesTurbo-jet

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed runway 09R at opa-Locka airport (opf) after reporting hydraulic issue 10-20 minutes after takeoff and climbing to FL280 from 21000 feet. RH hydraulic light illuminated and then the LH hydraulic light illuminated after completing emergency check list for RH hydraulic system. PIC contacted ATC to request to return to opf using aux hydraulic pump. Crew preformed landing gear emergency extention to get the landing gear down due to loss of hydraulic pressure. Aircraft landed and had loss of steering control. Aircraft had to be towed off runway. Aircraft landed without injuries to crew and no futher damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 09R AT OPA-LOCKA AIRPORT (OPF) AFTER REPORTING HYDRAULIC ISSUE 10-20 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMBING TO FL280 FROM 21000 FEET. RH HYDRAULIC LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN THE LH HYDRAULIC LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER COMPLETING EMERGENCY CHECK LIST FOR RH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. PIC CONTACTED ATC TO REQUEST TO RETURN TO OPF USING AUX HYDRAULIC PUMP. CREW PREFORMED LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENTION TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN DUE TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND HAD LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE TOWED OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INJURIES TO CREW AND NO FUTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.