# Incident 19980822036699I: Dorner DO328100, Pittsburgh, PA, August 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1998, 07:40 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434JS-2006-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier Luftfahrt 328-100 (registry code 2996100, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-luftfahrt-328-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW119B (registry code 52133, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw119b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328100
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980822036699I

## Narrative

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

(-5) CREW RECEIVED A MAIN HYDRAULIC PUMP FAIL MESSAGE AND STANDBY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON EICAS. THE CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND LOWERED LANDING GEAR. FLAPS FAILED TO LOWER. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY USING EMERGENCY BRAKES AND REVERSE THRUST. MAINTENANCE FOUND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSDUCER DEFECTIVE GIVING ERONEOUS PRESSURE INDICATION TO EICAS AND LOCKING OUT FLAPS SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N434JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20011029030759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011029030759I), Oct 29, 2001: Dorner DO328100 (N434JS), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) Psa (vnaa) flight 4189 reported a hydraulic problem and landed at kpit at 1833E on 10/29/01 without incident. The pilot discrepancy was an amber proxy…
- [Incident 19970527017539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970527017539I), May 27, 1997: Dorner DO328100 (N434JS), Akron, OH. Narrative: a & p mechanic, terry s. hunsdorf (certificate no. 278722631) while accomplishing a high speed maintenance taxi check, permitted the aircraft to…

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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