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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 2015 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | CommutAir |
| Registration: | N363PH |
| MSN: | 520 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Canandaigua Airport (D38), Canandaigua, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newark, NJ (EWR) |
| Greater Rochester, NY (ROC) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8 operating as Commutair Flight UCA4770 for United Express carried out an emergency diversion to Canandaigua Airport in New York due to indications of a possible on board fire. The aircraft was evacuated on a taxiway with no reported injuries.
Sources:
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2015/06/21/canandaigua-emergency-landing
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://m.henriettapost.com/article/20150621/NEWS/150629943]
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 2005 | N363PH | Horizon Air | 0 | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX) | |
sub |
| 5 June 2015 | N363PH | United Express, opb CommutAir | 0 | Bradley International Airport (KBDL), Windsor Locks, CT | |
min |
| Fumes/smoke/odor event | ||||||
Media:
Emergency landing in Canandaigua for a reported fire pic.twitter.com/yNSlz2pm9x
— Canandaigua Fire (@IAFF2098) June 21, 2015Trying to get more info on an incident at Canandaigua Airport @TWCNewsROC pic.twitter.com/hfgL11CTrj
— Tara Grimes (@TaraTWCNews) June 21, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2015 19:38 | harro | Added |
| 21-Jun-2015 19:47 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Embed code, ] |
| 21-Jun-2015 19:48 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jun-2015 00:46 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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