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| Date: | Friday 26 October 1984 |
| Time: | 08:24 LT |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | Scheduled Skyways |
| Registration: | N511SS |
| MSN: | TC-205 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22656 hours |
| Engine model: | AIRESEARCH TPE 331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Tulsa, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tulsa, OK (KTUL) |
| Fayetteville, AR (KFYV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING CRUISE, THE CREW EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE & SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, THEN DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS.THEY USED THE EMERG GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM & MADE A SAFE EMERG LANDING. AN EXAM REVEALED A CRACKED 2000 PSI ALUMINUM HYDRAULIC LINE HAD SPRAYED FLUID IN THE COCKPIT. A RECENTLY ISSUED SERVICE BULLETIN RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF THAT LINE, BUT PARTS WERE REPORTEDLY NOT AVAILABLE. LONGITUDINAL SCRATCHES WERE FOUND ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LINE. FAILURE HAD OCCURRED AT A LONGITUDINAL SCRATCH AT A BEND IN THE LINE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW85IA028
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 December 1984 | N511SS | Scheduled Skyways,inc. | 0 | Harrison, AR | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 31-Mar-2024 06:07 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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