# Incident 19880908043199I: Dhav DHC7102, White Plains, NY, September 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1988, 06:58 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901HA-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-7-102 (registry code 2802708, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-7-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC7102
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,321 total, 1,049 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908043199I

## Narrative

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

AFTER STARTING APU,PILOT SMELLED SMOKE.EXITED PLANE AND SAW FLAMES FROM TAIL. APU SHUT DOWN AND FIRE EXTINGUISHED.

## Other reports on N901HA (1)

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

- [Incident 19811002077479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811002077479I), Oct 2, 1981: Dhav DHC7102 (N901HA), Washington, DC. Za unscheduled landing. Returned to airport because cabin attendant accidently injured by passenger.

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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