# Incident 20110221001709I: Bombardier DHC-8-402, Latham, NY, February 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2011, 08:41 local time
- Place: Latham, NY
- Airport: Albany Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N338NG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N338NG-2015-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier DHC-8-402 (registry code 1390042, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-dhc-8-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A (registry code 52167, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER DHC-8-402
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW150A
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110221001709I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2011, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALBANY NEW YORK (ALB) ENROUTE TO NEWARK NEW JERSEY (EWR). WHILE IN THE CLIMB PHASE OF FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED SMOKE EMITING FROM THE LEFT-HAND WINDSCREEN AT ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCK.WINDSCREEN WAS DEACTIVATED BY CREW, SMOKE THEN DISSIPATED. CREW THEN DECLARED AN EMGENANCY AND RETURNED TO ALB WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.MAINTENANCE FOUND LOOSE GROUND WIRE CONNECTION AND SECURED.

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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