Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 28, 2026
There are 155 Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 airframes on record (built 2000–2017), 26 currently registered. 10 have one or more NTSB accident records (11 records total, 2 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 28, 2026.
Recent Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402 accidents
a bird strike during climb out.
The NTSB did not determine the probable cause of this event and does not plan to issue an investigative report or open a public docket. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
the flight crew's misidentification of the taxiway as the landing runway due to the failure of the runway lighting that caused only the taxiway lights to be illuminated.
The airplane’s encounter with known moderate-to-severe turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
The failure and separation of a section of the No. 2 engine's combustion chamber's small exit duct (SED), which created an airflow disruption that led to an engine surge and subsequent fire. Contributing to the accident was the insufficient weld penetration that remained totally contained within the SED outer dome and did not penetrate through to the inner duct as required by the manufacturing specifications.
the A330 flightcrew's failure to maintain a safe clearance between his wing and the tail of the DHC-8-400 that was stopped on the lead in line of the gate.
the nose landing gear alternate release handle was not pulled with sufficient enough force or distance to release the uplocks and allow extension of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the dissimilar pull force and pull length set on the flight simulator that was used for flight crew training of alternate landing gear extension procedures and the lack of information available to crew members advising of the dissimilar pull force.