# Incident 20020114000489I: Dorner DO328100, Middletown, PA, January 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2002, 14:38 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- 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: N438JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438JS-2007-09-27) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PW119B
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020114000489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 14, 2002, A DORNIER 328-100, S/N 3056, N438JS, OPERATED BY PSA AIRLINES, INC. DEPARTED PHL AS FLIGHT NUMBER 4061 ENROUTE TO LEX. UPON REACHING CRUISE, FL280, CAPTAIN BEGAN X-FEEDING TO BALANCE FUEL LOAD. CAPTAIN NOTICED A SURGE IN LEFT TORQUE GAUGE FOLLOWED BY TWO MINUTES LATER BY ANOTHER SURGE. ONE MINUTE LATER LEFT ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT WARNING. LEFT PROPELLER WOULD NOT FEATHER. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE AT MDT. ENGINE REPLACED AT MDT.

## Other reports on N438JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20040331004159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040331004159I), Mar 31, 2004: Dorner DO328100 (N438JS), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On March 31, 2004, at 1103 eastern standard time, a dornier 328-100, N438JS, operated by psa airlines (vnaa), as us airways express flight number 2558,…
- [Incident 20030529017059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030529017059I), May 29, 2003: Dorner DO328100 (N438JS), Elmira, NY. (-23) On Wednesday, may 20, 2003, at 2315 EDT, a dornier do 328, N438JS, flight 4110, operated by psa airlines, diverted to Elmira airport with cars message of…

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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