# Incident 19970118002339I: Dhav DHC8102, Syracuse, NY, January 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1997, 15:29 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N834EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N834EX-2006-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-106 (registry code 1386020, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-of-canada-dehav-div-dhc-8-106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970118002339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 1/18/97 AT 1529 EST, A DEHAVILLAND DHC8-102, FLIGHT 3873, N834EX, OPERATED BY ALLEGHENY COMMUTER AIRLINES. DURING DEPARTURE FROM HANCOCK INT'L AIRPORT. EXPERIENCED MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR FAILURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SYR AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO BINGHAMTON, NY FOR MAINTENANCE. MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR RIGGING AND DOOR GAPS WERE CHECKED. MECHANIC ADJUSTED FORWARD AND AFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. MAIN GEAR FORWARD ACTUATOR WAS ALSO ADJUSTED. FORWARD MAIN GEAR DOOR LINK ROD END AND A BOLT WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPERATIONS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N834EX (1)

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

- [Incident 19980530017849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980530017849I), May 30, 1998: Dhav DHC8102 (N834EX), Middletown, PA. Nr hydraulic system went to 0. Returned to MDT. A nicked o-ring was leaking.

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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