# Incident 20071203829369I: Dhav DHC8102, Pittsburgh, PA, December 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2007, 21:10 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N839EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N839EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing DHC-8-102 (registry code 1386002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071203829369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM 28C, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE LANDING GEAR WAS THEN EXTENDED TO DOWN-AND-LOCKED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 28L. INVESTIGATION BY PIEDMONT AIRLINES AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (410-742-8069) FOUND THE PROXIMITY SENSOR OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FORWARD DOOR ACTUATOR TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THE PROXIMITY SENSOR WAS ADJUSTED AS REQUIRED AND THE SYSTEM WAS SERVICED. A GROUND EXTENSION-RETRACTION CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. CONTACTED BY PHONE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIT GROUND MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, SNOW REMOVAL WAS TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE AIRPORT. SNOW REMOVAL ON RUNWAY 28C WAS COMPLETED AT 2117E.

## Other reports on N839EX (3)

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

- [Accident 20120116000849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120116000849A), Jan 16, 2012: Boeing DHC-8-102 (N839EX), Huntington, WV, Substantial damage. A piedmont flight 4117, in aircraft N839EX, struck a deicing truck boom with the left horizontal stabilizer, elevator and elevator trim tab, while taxiing on…
- [Incident 20020913037099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020913037099I), Sep 13, 2002: Dhav DHC8102 (N839EX), Binghamton, NY. (-23) On September 13, a DHC-8-102, N839EX, a loud vibration was discovered while in level cruise at 12,000 ft. the crew described a grinding sound.…
- [Incident 20000111001089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000111001089I), Jan 11, 2000: Dhav DHC8102 (N839EX), Binghamton, NY. (-23) On 1/11/00 pcaa flight 3863, DH-8, N839EX, pilot shut down the #1 engine due to a low oil pressure indication. The low oil pressure light did not…

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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