From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Air carrier incident, Pittsburgh int'l airport, PA, 4/12/06 at 1547E, piedmont airlines flight 4532, a DHC-8-102, N808EX, returned to land on runway 28R after reporting a number one hydraulic system failure shortly after departure. The ARFF responded, and the aircraft taxied to the ramp without incident. Pittsburgh based jet care maintenance discovered that in addition to a hydraulic failure, they located under flap well panel 532A and b evidence of a fire that melted spacer blocks and plastic on wire bundles. NTSB privacy data omitted was notified after this finding by piedmont airlines personnel. Preliminary findings indicate that a hydraulic line located over the number one engine jet pipe ruptured. Further investigation by the NTSB is still being conducted at the present time. Submission of this report closes this incident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIR CARRIER INCIDENT, PITTSBURGH INT'L AIRPORT, PA, 4/12/06 AT 1547E, PIEDMONT AIRLINES FLIGHT 4532, A DHC-8-102, N808EX, RETURNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28R AFTER REPORTING A NUMBER ONE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE. THE ARFF RESPONDED, AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. PITTSBURGH BASED JET CARE MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT IN ADDITION TO A HYDRAULIC FAILURE, THEY LOCATED UNDER FLAP WELL PANEL 532A AND B EVIDENCE OF A FIRE THAT MELTED SPACER BLOCKS AND PLASTIC ON WIRE BUNDLES. NTSB ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS NOTIFIED AFTER THIS FINDING BY PIEDMONT AIRLINES PERSONNEL. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS INDICATE THAT A HYDRAULIC LINE LOCATED OVER THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE JET PIPE RUPTURED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB IS STILL BEING CONDUCTED AT THE PRESENT TIME. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.
Other reports on N808EX · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.