# Incident 19970814027179I: Emb EMB120ER, Middletown, PA, August 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1997, 14:47 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N26714 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970814027179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 14, 1997, AT 1447 HOURS, AN EMB-120, REGISTRATION NUMBER N26714, REGISTERED TO CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MIDDLETOWN, PA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NEWARK, NJ ON AUGUST 14, 1997 AT 1400 HOURS. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 200, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE ON THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE, AFTER RUNNING THE APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND AN UN-EVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT MDT. THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED 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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