Piedmont DH8C near Islip on May 16th 2017, addicted light bulb
Last Update: May 16, 2017 / 22:49:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 16, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Piedmont Airlines
Departure
Islip, United States
Destination
Philadelphia, United States
Aircraft Registration
N330EN
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (300)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8C
The airline reported a light bulb in the cockpit burned out and started to smoke. The crew decided to return out of abundance of caution. The issue was quickly fixed and the aircraft departed again.
The aircraft reached Philadelphia with a delay of 2:40 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 16, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Piedmont Airlines
Departure
Islip, United States
Destination
Philadelphia, United States
Aircraft Registration
N330EN
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (300)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8C
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