GENERAL INFORMATION
| Data Source |
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT DATABASE |
| Report Number |
20130425007679I |
| Local Date |
25-APR-13 |
| City |
NEW CENTURY |
| State |
KS |
| Airport Name |
NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER |
| Event Type |
INCIDENT |
| Mid Air Collision |
NOT A MIDAIR |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
| Aircraft Damage |
MINOR |
| Aircraft Make |
CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model |
414 |
| Aircraft Series |
A |
| Airframe Hrs |
6518 |
| Type of Operation |
GENERAL OPERATING RULES |
| Registration Nbr |
414AN |
| Total Aboard |
2 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
| Injuries |
0 |
| Aircraft Weight Class |
UNDER 12501 LBS |
| Engine Make |
CONT M |
| Engine Model |
TSIO-520 SER |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
Environmental/Operations Info
Pilot In Command
| Pilot Certificates |
COMMERCIAL PILOT |
| Flight Time Total Hours |
6167 |
| Total in Make/Model |
108 |
| Total in Last 90 days |
4 |
Event Remarks
WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 10,500 MSL, THE PIC NOTICED A FLICKER OF THE LEFT HYDRAULIC FLOW ANNUNCIATOR FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY ILLUMINATION OF THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC FLOW ANNUNCIATOR. CONCERNED ABOUT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OPERATION, THE PIC REDUCED SPEED AND ATTEMPTED WITHOUT SUCCESS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PIC ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE. A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PILOT RATED PASSENGER WAS ONBOARD. AFTER TWO HOURS OF ATTEMPTS AT NORMAL AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION, INCLUDING TELEPHONE CONSULTATION WITH MECHANICS, THE PIC MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT KIXD WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.
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