# Incident 20030201007879I: Dhav DHC8102, Binghamton, NY, February 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2003, 06:59 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N825EX-2010-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030201007879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003, FLT. 3577, N825EX, DHC-8, ON CLIMB-OUT, GEAR WAS SELECTED "UP", AND HYDRAULIC QUANTITY ON #2 SYSTEM WENT TO "0". AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED O RINGS ON PRESSURE WARNING SWITCH, PRESSURE TRANSMITTER, AND LOW PRESSURE WARNING SWITCH. AN O RING WAS ALSO REPLACED ON FITTING FOR INLET PRESSURE ON RIGHT PRESSURE MANIFOLD. RIGHT ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP ALSO REPLACED. STANDBY HYDRAULIC PUMP RAN IN HANGAR FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. NO LEAKS WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM CYCLED. NO LEAKS WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BGM FOR A TEST FLIGHT, AND THE CREW REPORTED HYDRAULIC QUANTITY ON #2 SIDE WAS LOST IN FLIGHT WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. CREW RETURNED TO BGM, AND MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACKED A.N. FITTING ON #2 ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP MANIFOLD INLET. THE FITTING WAS REPLACED, AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD ON MORNING RUN UP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N825EX (2)

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

- [Incident 19960918032839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960918032839I), Sep 18, 1996: Dhav DHC8102 (N825EX), Syracuse, NY. Narrative: on September 18, 1996 at 0655 EDT, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102, N825EX, flight 3853, operated by allegheny commuter airlines, inc., during takeoff from…
- [Incident 19951013041289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951013041289I), Oct 13, 1995: Dhav DHC8102 (N825EX), Middletown, PA. Narrative: on October 13, 1995, during an IFR scheduled flight from boston (bos) to Harrisburg (MDT), allegheny airlines flight 3714, a Dehavilland DHC-8, on a…

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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