# Incident 20140804012429I: Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402, Pittsburgh, PA, August 4, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2014, 20:30 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323NG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323NG-2016-10-04) (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 INC DHC-8-402
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW150A
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140804012429I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 4, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME (EST), REPUBLIC AIRLINES FLIGHT 4913, A BOMBARDIER DHC-8-402, PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND EVACUATION AT THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIT).    THE PASSENGER FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 DOMESTIC RULES AND ORIGINATED FROM NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT (EWR).  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) AND WAS IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

THE CAPTAIN INITIATED THE EVACUATION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SMOKE DURING THE DESCENT.  ALL EXITS WERE USED AND ONE MINOR PASSENGER INJURY WAS REPORTED.  THE EVACUATION TIME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ONE MINUTE.

## Other reports on N323NG (1)

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

- [Incident 20130722013859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130722013859I), Jul 22, 2013: Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 (N323NG), Burlington, VT, No damage. Republic airlines (callsign brickyard) 4910 was operating as a domestic scheduled air carrier from newark liberty international airport (ewr) to Burlington…

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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