# Incident 19881208066869I: Doug DC914, Rochester, NY, December 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1988, 08:37 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester-Monroe County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EMAA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N930EA-1991-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-14 (registry code 3022034, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC914
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881208066869I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. DETERMINED GEAR SAFE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND A LOOSE GROUND WIRE.

## Other reports on N930EA (2)

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

- [Incident 19881204063469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881204063469I), Dec 4, 1988: Doug DC914 (N930EA), Buffalo, NY. No main gear down light. Visually checked ok. Light came on just prior to touch down. Normal landing.
- [Incident 19840913052999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840913052999I), Sep 13, 1984: Doug DC914 (N930EA), Brownsville, TX. Left engine flamed out during climb to cruise. Internal failure of engine accessory drive gearbox.

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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