# Incident 20010704013559I: Dhav DHC8102, Rochester, NY, July 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2001, 16:30 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N844EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N844EX-2006-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-106 (registry code 2809020, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- Reported engine: PWA PW120A
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010704013559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 4, 2001, AT 1630 EST, A DEHAVILLAND DHC-8-102, S/N 339, N844EX, OPERATED BY ALLEGHENY AIRLINES INC., EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 7,000FT., 8 MINUTES FROM LANDING AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 WITH THE CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE (ARFF) EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY.  THE FLIGHT CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TUGGED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN-UP, ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE  ALLOWING OIL IN THE ENGINE BLEEDS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FROM KROC TO KBGM. THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, S/N OFF 121100 AND S/N ON 121091, DUE TO THE ENGINE LAP SEAL BEING DEFECTIVE.  THE ENGINE WAS RUN UP AND RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAGUARDIA (LGA) INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 EST.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N844EX (2)

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

- [Incident 20031006032189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031006032189I), Oct 6, 2003: Dhav DHC8102 (N844EX), Rochester, NY. (-23) On October 6, 2003 at 10:21 EST a DHC-8-102 operated by allegheny airlines inc, (pcaa), had an "engine fire indication on #1 engine during taxi in.…
- [Incident 20020529018109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020529018109I), May 29, 2002: Dhav DHC8102 (N844EX), Middletown, PA. (-23) On climbout, flight 3741 at Middletown, Pennsylvania, the landing gear indicating system failed. The crew returned to the field with no further 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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