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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC8102 · Middletown, PA · September 26, 1996

Date: September 26, 1996 · 14:45 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PCAA
Aircraft: N977HA
Reported as: Dhav DHC8102
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW120A
People aboard: 27
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,899 total947 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: crew reported enroute to boston at 15000 feet the #2 engine oil pressure began to fluctuate and oil leaking from the top of the #2 engine nacelle. The crew returned the aircraft to Middletown (MDT) after securing the #2 engine, and landed with no further incident. Investigation into the cause revealed the chrome plating on the propeller actuator had deteriorated allowing the engine oil pressure to pressurize the propeller hub causing the leakage of oil. No injury or fire resulted from this incident. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: CREW REPORTED ENROUTE TO BOSTON AT 15000 FEET THE #2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE AND OIL LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE #2 ENGINE NACELLE. THE CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MIDDLETOWN (MDT) AFTER SECURING THE #2 ENGINE, AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE REVEALED THE CHROME PLATING ON THE PROPELLER ACTUATOR HAD DETERIORATED ALLOWING THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE TO PRESSURIZE THE PROPELLER HUB CAUSING THE LEAKAGE OF OIL. NO INJURY OR FIRE RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.