# Incident 20181015020119I: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA, Opa Locka, FL, October 15, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2018, 12:59 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N986HH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N986HH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA (registry code 4500305, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1125-westwind-astra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181015020119I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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