# Incident 20030529017059I: Dorner DO328100, Elmira, NY, May 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2003, 23:15 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 42.1599° N, 76.8917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL (ELM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1599&lon=-76.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N438JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438JS-2007-09-27) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030529017059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2003, AT 2315 EDT, A DORNIER DO 328, N438JS, FLIGHT 4110, OPERATED BY PSA AIRLINES, DIVERTED TO ELMIRA AIRPORT WITH CARS MESSAGE OF HAVING AN EMERGENCY BRAKE ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE LOW. THE FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO DISTINGUISH THE MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE WOULD NOT GO OUT. THEY DECIDE TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ELMIRA AIRPORT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT FIFTY FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE MESSAGE DISTINGUISHED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT TECHNICIANS DID A GROUND FUNCTIONAL CHECK BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY SERVICED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, WHICH TOOK ABOUT A CUP OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ON A NON-REVENUE FLIGHT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, THE TECHNICIAN DID A FOLLOW-UP ON THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AT ELMIRA, NY. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE VALVE WAS LEAKING INTERNALLY. THE PARKING BRAKE VALVE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N438JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20040331004159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040331004159I), Mar 31, 2004: Dorner DO328100 (N438JS), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On March 31, 2004, at 1103 eastern standard time, a dornier 328-100, N438JS, operated by psa airlines (vnaa), as us airways express flight number 2558,…
- [Incident 20020114000489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020114000489I), Jan 14, 2002: Dorner DO328100 (N438JS), Middletown, PA. (-23) On January 14, 2002, a dornier 328-100, s/n 3056, N438JS, operated by psa airlines, inc. departed phl as flight number 4061 enroute to lex. Upon reaching…

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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