ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16363
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| Date: | Saturday 22 March 2008 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Horizon Air |
| Registration: | N417QX |
| MSN: | 4086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Portland, Oregon -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Portland, Oregon (PDX/KPDX) |
| Boise, Idaho (BOI/KBOI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Horizon Air DHC-8-400 from Portland, Oregon to Boise, Idaho, with 74 passengers and 4 crew lost cabin pressure shortly after reaching cruising altitude. Several passengers experienced severe ear pain and some complained of joint pains, dizziness, nasaua, and beathing difficulties. The captain asked the flight attendants to sit down and immediatly decended to 10,000 feet (FL 10). After reaching FL 10 the captain explained that the seal in the aft door was broken.
Sources:
1. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=417QX
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 2009 | N417QX | Horizon Air | 0 | Bellingham, Washington | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 5 March 2013 | N417QX | Horizon Air | 0 | Danville, California | |
min |
| Inflight smoke | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 01:30 | c172hio | Added |
| 25-Mar-2008 01:35 | harro | Updated |
| 09-Jun-2016 19:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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