# Incident 20010809028229I: Dhav DHC8102, Buffalo, NY, August 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2001, 08:36 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&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
- Reported engine: PWA PW120
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809028229I

## Narrative

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

(-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 ALLEGHENY AIRLINES FLIGHT 3592 UNDER 14 CFR PART 121, WAS DESCENDING INTO BUFFALO, NY WHEN ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT CREW, THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT DECK AND CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS, ACCOMPLISHED THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 23 AT THE BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BUF) IN BUFFALO, NY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A TAXIWAY. THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE TERMINAL BY BUS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ACCORDING TO ALLEGHENY AIRLINES MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, THE SMOKE WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION IN THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE. SPECIFICALLY, THE AIR-OIL SEAL IN THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE BEGAN TO LEAK OIL AND THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM SUBSEQUENTLY INTRODUCED SMOKE INTO BOTH THE FLIGHT DECK AND CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO MIDDLETOWN, PA FOR REPAIRS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. FSDO-23 PERSONNEL NOTIFIED MR. RAY STEICH, THE PMI FORALLEGHENY AIRLINES. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 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 20000214002669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000214002669I), Feb 14, 2000: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Newburgh, NY. 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…
- [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.

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