# Incident 20200331003009I: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500, Birmingham, AL, March 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2020, 02:42 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: B1rmingham International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Q5QA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N649DX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N649DX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 (registry code 3260402, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-emb-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E (registry code 52293, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw617f-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE EMB-500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW617F-E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200331003009I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR HAD UNLOCKED FROM THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION AND OBSERVED A HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE CAS MESSAGE. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KBHM, WHERE HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N649DX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190227010579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190227010579I), Feb 27, 2019: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 (N649DX), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. The pilot reported that he received weather and runway reports prior to initiating his approach to runway 19 at kmkc. The runway conditions were reported as…

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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