# Accident 20131124024339A: Bombardier, DHC-8-102, Philadelphia, PA, November 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2013, 20:10 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 40.0067° N, 75.1711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0067&lon=-75.1711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N808EX-2025-12-01) (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: BOMBARDIER, DHC-8-102
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW120
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 6,810 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA14CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131124024339A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 DCA14CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA031), Nov 25, 2013: De Havilland DHC8 - 102 (N808EX), Philadelphia, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: an inadvertent encounter with several birds during approach that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.

## Other reports on N808EX (5)

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

- [Incident 20060412005639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060412005639I), Apr 12, 2006: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Incident 20010809028229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809028229I), Aug 9, 2001: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), 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…
- [Incident 20010322007809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010322007809I), Mar 22, 2001: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), 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…
- [Incident 20000214002669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000214002669I), Feb 14, 2000: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Newburgh, NY. On 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…
- [Incident 19990201011839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990201011839I), Feb 1, 1999: Dhav DHC8102 (N808EX), Syracuse, NY. On 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,…

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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