# Incident 19871103065879I: Emb EMB120, Charleston, WV, November 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1987, 12:45 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212AS-1999-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120RT (registry code 3260202, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871103065879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAND WHEN FLAPS FAILED TO RETRACT. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND. SUSPECT FAULTY FLAP INDICATOR.

## Other reports on N212AS (1)

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

- [Incident 19861107069719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861107069719I), Nov 7, 1986: Emb EMB120 (N212AS), Charleston, WV. Lost hydraulic quantity, manually lowered gear, landed safely. Found leak at reservoir supply line.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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