# Incident 20020512008419I: Dhav DHC8102, Windsor Locks, CT, May 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2002, 12:25 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N820EX-2004-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020512008419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT KBDL, N820EX WAS TAXIING TO THE GATE. THE CREW STARTED THE APU. THE APU STARTED NORMALLY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GENERATOR WARNING LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED. AT THAT POINT THE CAPTAIN NOTED SMOKE AND WHAT HE RECALLS AS FLAMES COMING FROM BEHIND THE GROUND SPOILER ADVISORY LIGHTS (LOCATED IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE FORWARD CONSOLE). THE CAPTAIN CALLED THE TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ECHO & SIERRA TAXIWAY, AND THE CAPTAIN INITIATED THE EVACUATION. 19 PAXS, ONE LAP CHILD AND 3 CREW MEMBERS EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT THRU THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE EVACUATION WAS DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY. THE CREW DOES NOT RECALL THE EXACT TIME. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY OF THE EXITS OR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS. ALL THE PAXX AND CREW MET APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT OR THE EVACUATION. FIRE EQUIPMENT AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO ASSIST THE CREW AND PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N820EX (4)

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

- [Incident 20000915027219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000915027219I), Sep 15, 2000: Dhav DHC8102 (N820EX), Ithaca, NY. (-23)On Friday, September 15, 2000 at 1034 local, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102, N820EX, flight 3707, operated by allegheny airlines, departed from binghamton, NY to…
- [Incident 19970110002309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970110002309I), Jan 10, 1997: Dhav DHC8102 (N820EX), Binghamton, NY. Narrative: on 1/10/97 at 1713 EST a Dehavilland DHC-8 operated by allegheny airlines as flight 3925, landed at Broome county airport, Binghamton, NY after…
- [Incident 19950207003999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950207003999I), Feb 7, 1995: Dhav DHC8102 (N820EX), Albany, NY. Narrative: after departing from Albany County Airport, crew tried to retract landing gear. Left main landing gear failed to retract. Crew manually extended the…
- [Incident 19950203005499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950203005499I), Feb 3, 1995: Dhav DHC8102 (N820EX), Middletown, PA. Narrative: pilot stated on takeoff #2 hydraulic pump light illuminated. The crew returned the aircraft to the airport and landed 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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