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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier DHC-8-402 · Los Angeles, CA · February 24, 2015

Date
February 24, 2015 · 18:30 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Los Angeles International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
QXEA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N438QX
Reported as
Bombardier DHC-8-402
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A
People aboard
31
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,266 total

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.

02/24/2015 Horizon flight 2199 reported hydraulic system warnings in cruise and hydraulic system failure on final approach. Upon final approach the crew declared an emergency and performed a zero flap landing iaw emergency procedures. Aircraft landed without incident and came to a stop on the runway. Aircraft was then towed to the gate. No injuries reported.

NTSB and FAA were contacted. Both determined this event met the criteria for an "incident". NTSB issued an incident number.

Aircraft was inspected by maintenance personnel and found a failed hydraulic system balance relief valve. Part was removed and replaced, system bled and functional tested for a ferry flight back to pdx where final testing could be completed and aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

02/24/2015 HORIZON FLIGHT 2199 REPORTED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WARNINGS IN CRUISE AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON FINAL APPROACH. UPON FINAL APPROACH THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED A ZERO FLAP LANDING IAW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE GATE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NTSB AND FAA WERE CONTACTED. BOTH DETERMINED THIS EVENT MET THE CRITERIA FOR AN "INCIDENT". NTSB ISSUED AN INCIDENT NUMBER.

AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND FOUND A FAILED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM BALANCE RELIEF VALVE. PART WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, SYSTEM BLED AND FUNCTIONAL TESTED FOR A FERRY FLIGHT BACK TO PDX WHERE FINAL TESTING COULD BE COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.