# Incident 20020522019049I: Dorner DO328300, Latham, NY, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Latham, NY
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 42.7333° N, 73.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7333&lon=-73.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421FJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- Reported engine: PWA PW306B
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02IA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02IA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522019049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/22/02, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900, AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY (IFE) AND LANDED AT ALB. ON DESCENT INTO ALB WITH INCREASED AIRSPEED, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED YAW TO THE RIGHT THEN YAW TO THE LEFT. F.O. DISENGAGED AUTO PILOT AND SLOWED AIRCRAFT FROM 285KTS TO 250KTS THEN TO 220KTS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 17,000 MSL. F.O. IMMEDIATELY MADE NECESSARY INPUTS TO THE RUDDER SYSTEM AND AILERON TO COUNTER ACT YAW AND ROLL. YAW DAMP WAS SELECTED ON AND OFF BY F.O. TO VERIFY THE DISENGAGEMENT OF THE YAW DAMPENER. F.O. CONTINUED TO COUNTER ACT YAW AND ROLL OSCILLATIONS THROUGHOUT DESCENT AND LANDING PHASES OF THE FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC02IA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02IA100), May 22, 2002: Dornier 328-300 (N421FJ), Albany, NY, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Rudder oscillations of an undetermined origin.

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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