# Incident 19980623017829I: Dhav DHC8102, Middletown, PA, June 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1998, 06:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N816EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N816EX-2022-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (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: 29
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980623017829I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED TO MDT WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS SLOW TO RETRACT. HYDRAULIC LINE WAS CRACKED.

## Other reports on N816EX (2)

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

- [Incident 20050119000869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050119000869I), Jan 19, 2005: Dhav DHC8102 (N816EX), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Desk audit: on January 19, 2005, at approximately 2100 eastern standard time, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102, N816EX, flight number 3742 conducted under 14 CFR…
- [Incident 19990313016979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990313016979I), Mar 13, 1999: Dhav DHC8102 (N816EX), Rochester, NY. (-5)On saturdy, March 13, 1999, at 1914 EST, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102, N816EX, flight 3944, operated by allegheny airlines, on departure from Rochester, new…

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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