# Incident 20000214002669I: Dhav DHC8102, Newburgh, NY, February 14, 2000 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 14, 2000, 10:10 local time - Place: Newburgh, NY - Airport: Stewart International - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: PCAA - Location: 41.5032° N, 74.0196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5032&lon=-74.0196&mi=10 - Aircraft: N808EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N808EX-2025-12-01) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing DHC-8-102 (registry code 1386002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-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 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000214002669I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON FEB 14, 2000 FLIGHT 3957 DEPARTED THE GATE AT SWF AT APPROXIMATELY 1010 HRS LOCAL TIME AND TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WHEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN, THE FO CONFIRMED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FLOOR PANEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE LEFT FRONT PASSANGER SEAT. THE CREW STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED THE PASSANGERS. NO INJURIES WHERE REPORTED. ARFT RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED. THE PASSANGERS. THE PASSENGERS RETURNED TO THE TERMINAL. COMPANY MAINTENANCE FOUND TWO SHORTED WIRES (#2421-10039C12C-1 AND 2421-10037C12A-1) LOCATED IN A WIRE BUNDLE UNDER THE FLOOR PANEL NEAR THE LEFT FRONT PASSANGER SEAT. REPAIRS TO THE WIRES WERE PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER OPS. ## Other reports on N808EX (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20131124024339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131124024339A), Nov 24, 2013: Bombardier, DHC-8-102 (N808EX), Philadelphia, PA, Substantial damage. On November 24, 2013 aircraft N808EX piedmont airlines flight #4314 encountered several bird strikes on approach five miles east of the Philadelphia… - [Incident 20060412005639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060412005639I), Apr 12, 2006: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Air carrier incident, Pittsburgh int'l airport, PA, 4/12/06 at 1547E, piedmont airlines flight 4532, a DHC-8-102, N808EX, returned to land on runway 28R… - [Incident 20010809028229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809028229I), Aug 9, 2001: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On August 9, 2001, at 08:36 local time, a Dehavilland dash 8 series 102 aircraft, bearing registration number N808EX, serial number 299, operating as… - [Incident 20010322007809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010322007809I), Mar 22, 2001: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Syracuse, NY. (-23)On March 22, 2001 at 0936 local time, a Dehavilland dash 8 series 102 aircraft, bearing registration number N808EX, serial number 229, operating as… - [Incident 19990201011839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990201011839I), Feb 1, 1999: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Syracuse, NY. On Monday, February 1, 1999, at 0749 EST, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102 N808EX, glight 3841, operated by allegheny airlines, on deaprture from Syracuse, new york,… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.