# Incident 20020203000509I: Dorner DO328100, Pittsburgh, PA, February 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2002, 15:05 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N431JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N431JS-2017-04-04) (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: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020203000509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEB 3, 2002, PSA AIRLINES FLIGHT #4194 RETURNED TO PIT WITH THE LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28R AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO AN ENGINE SURGE THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW, THIS WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH TORQUE FLUCTUATIONS OF 14-157% INDICATED. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE WAS A TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONER PUTTING OUT ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS. THE TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONER WAS REPLACED, POWER ASSURANCE RUNS WERE PERFORMED, AND THE AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONED TO ANOTHER MAINTENANCE BASE FOR A PROPELLER CHANGE. THIS INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

## Other reports on N431JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20020513007919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020513007919I), May 13, 2002: Dorner DO328100 (N431JS), Coraopolis, PA. (-23) On 05/13/02, at approximately 12:10 local time, flight #4814 a DO-328-100 of vnaa airlines (psa), reported to pittsburgh approach control that they were…
- [Incident 20000526018069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526018069I), May 26, 2000: Dorner DO328100 (N431JS), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23)On may 26, 2000, at 1530, psa airlines (vnaa) flight number 4014, operating a DO-328 registered as N431JS, returned to land at Pittsburgh airport (pit)…

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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