# Accident 20130518008759A: Dehavilland DHC-8-102, Newark, NJ, May 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2013, 01:02 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N934HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N934HA-2017-08-23) (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: DEHAVILLAND DHC-8-102
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW120
- People aboard: 34
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 20,000 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA13FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130518008759A

## Narrative

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

AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM KPHL TO KEWR, CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON FINAL TO RWY 4R AT KEWR. GEAR INDICATION WAS LEFT GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. CREW INITIATED A GO AROUND AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITH NO CHANGE IN GEAR INDICATION. CREW INITIATED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. INDICATION WAS RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE. CREW PERFORMED FLY BY OF CONTROL TOWER THAT CONFIRMED RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LEFT MAIN GEAR APPEARED UP. CREW COMPLETED A GEAR UP LANDING CHECKLIST AND LANDED ON RWY 4L. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON CENTER LINE AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1930 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THERE WAS NO POST INCIDENT FIRE. A SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION WAS INITIATED. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA13FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13FA094), May 18, 2013: Bombardier DHC8 (N934HA), Newark, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the frozen left main landing gear (MLG) uplock roller due to lack of lubrication and the uplock latch that had worn beyond acceptable tolerances, which prevented the flight crew from extending the…

## Other reports on N934HA (1)

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

- [Incident 19931205051249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931205051249I), Dec 5, 1993: Dhav DHC8102 (N934HA), Washington, DC. NR2 engine voltage dropped off line. Returned. Replaced NR2 generator and control unit.

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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