# Incident 20111119025909I: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311, Roanoke, VA, November 19, 2011 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 19, 2011, 05:34 local time - Place: Roanoke, VA - Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: HNAA - Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10 - Aircraft: N326EN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N326EN-2018-08-24) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 (registry code 1386006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-of-canada-dehav-div-dhc-8-311) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 (registry code 52129, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING OF CANADA/DEHAV DIV DHC-8-311 - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW123 - People aboard: 53 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111119025909I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PIEDMONT AIRLINES FLIGHT 4237 WAS DEPARTING ROA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DHC-8-311, N326EN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON TAKE-OFF ROLL WHEN CREW RECEIVED A SMOKE WARNING LIGHT IN THE AFT BAG BAY COMPARTMENT. CREW ELECTED TO ABORT TAKE-OFF AND TAXI THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY (24) AS DIRECTED BY TOWER. UPON SECURING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES, THE PILOT IN CHARGE (PIC) INFORMED THE CABIN TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE PASSENGERS TO CALMLY EXIT THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE MAIN AIR-STAIRS DOOR LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A COMPANY MECHANIC, SEATED IN ROW 10A ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE EVACUATION PROCESS THE MECHANIC OBSERVED THE PASSENGER SEATED IN ROW 11A DEPLOY THE AIRCRAFT'S DITCHING DAM HATCH (EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR). THE MECHANIC DIRECTED THE PASSENGER NOT TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE DITCHING DAM HATCH AND TO PROCEED TO THE MAIN AIR-STAIRS DOOR AS INITIALLY INSTRUCTED. THE MECHANIC THEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO AND ASSISTED A LADY (BLIND) WITH HER SERVICE DOG APPROXIMATELY TWO ROWS FORWARD OF HIM EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. A FEW PASSENGERS IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PANIC AND TWO PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE OPEN DITCHING DAM HATCH; ONE PASSENGER APPARENTLY CUT THEIR FINGER (MINOR) ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE REMAINING PASSENGER SAFELY EXITED THE MAIN AIR-STAIRS DOOR WITHIN 60 SECONDS WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER ALL 50 PASSENGERS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AND SAFELY POSITIONED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT; ARFF BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A FIRE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE TERMINAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP. NO MALFUNCTIONS WITH EXIT OR ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS USED DURING THE EVENT WERE REPORTED. ## Other reports on N326EN (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20081116850869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081116850869I), Nov 16, 2008: Dhav DHC8311 (N326EN), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On Sunday 11/16/2008, piedmont airline flight 4551 (abe-phl) declared an emergency and landed on runway 27L in phl with its nose gear stuck in the wheel… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.