# Incident 20020502019059I: Dorner DO328300, Atlantic City, NJ, May 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2002, 08:37 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 40.2979° N, 74.5212° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2979&lon=-74.5212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429FJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N429FJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Dornier DORNIER 328-300 (registry code 3370601, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-dornier-dornier-328-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306B (registry code 52164, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 237 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02IA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020502019059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED WHILE ON DESCENT FROM GSO TO LGA HE NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF SMOKE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED. AIRCRAFT CLEARED ACTIVE RUNWAY AND WAS SHUT DOWN. ALL 33 PAX AND 3 CREW MEMBERS EGRESSED AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE NORMAL PASSENGER ENTRANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO MIDLANTIC JET (FBO). ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES DISPATCHED TWO MAINTENANCE PEOPLE TO WORK ON AIRCRAFT. PER REQUEST OF THE NTSB BEFORE POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PULLED THE COCKPIT AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS FOR EXAMINATION BY NTSB. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION, PARTIAL AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL INSPECTION, VISUAL INSPECTION FOR OVERHEATED WIRES AND CHAFFING, ALL SYSTEMS WERE CHECKED WITH POWER ON, BOTH ENGINES WERE RUN AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONAL CHECKED. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING THESE CHECKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HOME BASE. ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES PMI BARRY BARBINI 1-703-661-8160X267 WAS CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD02IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02IA046), May 2, 2002: Fairchild Dornier DO-328-300 (N429FJ), Atlantic City, NJ, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of flight display information for undetermined reasons.

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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