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FAA accident report · Bombardier DHC-8-102 · Philadelphia, PA · November 24, 2013

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Date
November 24, 2013 · 20:10 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Philadelphia International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
HNAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N808EX
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA14CA031
Reported as
Bombardier DHC-8-102
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total6,810 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days
N808EXRegistration cancelled Dec 1, 2025 · Boeing DHC-8-102S/N 299 · Built 1991Airframe modelBoeing DHC-8-102Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW120Turbo-prop

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.

On November 24, 2013 aircraft N808EX piedmont airlines flight #4314 encountered several bird strikes on approach five miles east of the Philadelphia International Airport at an altitude of 4000 ft.

Maintenance completed birdstrike inspection and found servere spar damage to the left wing under leading edge panel 513BL. Damage required a major repair per the Bombardier structural repair manual and Bombardier engineering.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 24, 2013 AIRCRAFT N808EX PIEDMONT AIRLINES FLIGHT #4314 ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL BIRD STRIKES ON APPROACH FIVE MILES EAST OF THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4000 FT.

MAINTENANCE COMPLETED BIRDSTRIKE INSPECTION AND FOUND SERVERE SPAR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING UNDER LEADING EDGE PANEL 513BL. DAMAGE REQUIRED A MAJOR REPAIR PER THE BOMBARDIER STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AND BOMBARDIER ENGINEERING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DCA14CA031Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPhiladelphia, PAan inadvertent encounter with several birds during approach that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.Nov 25, 2013 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N808EX · 5

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

Incident 20060412005639ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Pittsburgh, PA(-23) Air carrier incident, Pittsburgh int'l airport, PA, 4/12/06 at 1547E, piedmont airlines flight 4532, a DHC-8-102, N808EX, returned to land on runway 28R after reporting a number one hydraulic system failure shortly after departure. The ARFF responded,…Apr 12, 2006 · Minor damageIncident 20010809028229IDescent · Buffalo, NY(-23) On August 9, 2001, at 08:36 local time, a Dehavilland dash 8 series 102 aircraft, bearing registration number N808EX, serial number 299, operating as allegheny airlines flight 3592 under 14 CFR part 121, was descending into Buffalo, NY when according to…Aug 9, 2001Incident 20010322007809INormal Cruise · Syracuse, NY(-23)On March 22, 2001 at 0936 local time, a Dehavilland dash 8 series 102 aircraft, bearing registration number N808EX, serial number 229, operating as allegheny airlines flight 3593 under 14 CFR part 121, was traveling enroute from buffalo, NY to albany,…Mar 22, 2001Incident 20000214002669IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Newburgh, NYOn feb 14, 2000 flight 3957 departed the gate at swf at approximately 1010 hrs local time and taxiing to the active runway when the flight attendant reported smoke in the cabin, the fo confirmed smoke was coming from the floor panel in the vicinity of the…Feb 14, 2000Incident 19990201011839ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Syracuse, NYOn Monday, February 1, 1999, at 0749 EST, a Dehavilland DHC-8-102 N808EX, glight 3841, operated by allegheny airlines, on deaprture from Syracuse, new york, experienced problems with the low cabin heat and pressurization. The #1 bleed heat caution light…Feb 1, 1999