Incident · 1989-07-25

NTSB case NYC89IA176 · DOUGLAS DC-9-30 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1989-07-25
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-9-30 (N556NY)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

Probable cause

RUPTURE OF A FLEXIBLE HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE 'A' HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, DUE TO CHAFING OF THE STEEL BRAID COVERING, WHICH ALLOWED THE SYSTEM PRESSURE AND QUANTITY TO BE COMPLETELY DEPLETED.

Source: NTSB case NYC89IA176

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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