# Incident 20000714034869I: Dhav DHC8102, Middletown, PA, July 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2000, 09:47 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: N824EX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000714034869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BWI ENROUTE TO ALB. DURING CLIMB FROM 1300' TO 1700', OVER LNS VOR, PILOT NOTICED LOW HYDRAULIC QUANITY INDICATION. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SHOWED NORMAL. PILOT MADE DECISION TO PERFORM PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT MDT. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT MDT, WITH NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE GROUND SPOILER HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE AT THE OUTBOARD SPOILER ACTUATOR. SUBMISSION OF A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) SILL CLOSE THIS INCIDENT.

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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