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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-8-311 · Greennsboro, NC · September 24, 2017

Date
September 24, 2017 · 15:19 local
Place
Greennsboro, NC
Airport
Greensboro North
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
HNAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N335EN
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-8-311
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123C
People aboard
48
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,005 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.

Flight 4960 clt/lyh - diverted to gso due to NO2 oil pressure caution light illuminated and oil pressure went to zero. The engine fire caution light illuminated but there was no visible smoke or fire. Crew shut down the engine and blew both fire bottles. The fire caution light extinguished approximately 40 seconds after first bottle. Declared emergency into gso and landed without incident on RWY5R. Passengers did not brace and there were no injuries. Fire department saw no smoke or fire so cleared aircraft to taxi to gate on own power.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT 4960 CLT/LYH - DIVERTED TO GSO DUE TO NO2 OIL PRESSURE CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO.THE ENGINE FIRE CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED BUT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SMOKE OR FIRE. CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND BLEW BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. THE FIRE CAUTION LIGHT EXTINGUISHED APPROXIMATELY 40 SECONDS AFTER FIRST BOTTLE. DECLARED EMERGENCY INTO GSO AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RWY5R. PASSENGERS DID NOT BRACE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAW NO SMOKE OR FIRE SO CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO TAXI TO GATE ON OWN POWER.

Other reports on N335EN · 2

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