# Incident 19940109004629I: Dhav DHC8102, Middletown, PA, January 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1994, 20:40 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801MX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801MX-2000-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,123 total, 2,471 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940109004629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON A FERRY FLIGHT FROM WILKES-BARRE, PA TO MIDDLETOWN, PA, ALLEGHENY FLIGHT 801, WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, HAD A #1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE WHILE ON DESCENT INTO MDT. THE PILOT REQUESTED THE FIRE TRUCKS TO STAND BY. FLIGHT 801 LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE HANGAR WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO FIRE OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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