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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC8202 · Scottsbluff, NE · June 19, 2008

Date: June 19, 2008 · 22:02 local
Place: Scottsbluff, NE
Airport: Western Neb. Regional/William B. H
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MASA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N455YV
Reported as: Dhav DHC8202
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW123
People aboard: 29
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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) N455YV, DHC-8-802, being operated as mesa airlines flight 7177, was enroute from rapid city, SD to denver, CO, when the crew declared an emergency, and diverted to Scottsbluff, NE. The crew shutdown the nr 2 engine due to the engine oil pressure warning light being illuminated continuously. Company mechanics prepared the aircraft for ferry flight to grand junction, CO, where mechanics found several wires chafed. The chafed wires were replaced.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N455YV, DHC-8-802, BEING OPERATED AS MESA AIRLINES FLIGHT 7177, WAS ENROUTE FROM RAPID CITY, SD TO DENVER, CO, WHEN THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND DIVERTED TO SCOTTSBLUFF, NE. THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE DUE TO THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT BEING ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. COMPANY MECHANICS PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR FERRY FLIGHT TO GRAND JUNCTION, CO, WHERE MECHANICS FOUND SEVERAL WIRES CHAFED. THE CHAFED WIRES WERE REPLACED.