# Incident 19950205002709I: Emb EMB120RT, Buffalo, NY, February 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1995, 19:11 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16702, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16702-1999-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950205002709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 2/5/95 AT APPROX. 1900 EST, AN EMBRAER EMB-120, REGISTRATION N16702, BEING OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL EXPRESS AS FLIGHT 3118 MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT BUFFALO, NY AFTER EXPERIENCING AN ASYMMETRICAL FLAP RETRACTION SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE CREW RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND THE INBOARD FLAPS DID NOT RETRACT WITH THE OTHER FLAP SEGMENTS RESULTING IN A "FLAP ASYMMETRY" INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. THE CREW MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT BUFFALO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO ANY PERSON. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED ROCHESTER, NY ON 2/5/95 AT APPROX. 1830 EST ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO CLEVELAND, OH. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS A RESULT OF CONTAMINATION IN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS TO THE INBOARD FLAP ACTUATORS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N16702 (2)

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

- [Incident 19961111039599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961111039599I), Nov 11, 1996: Emb EMB120 (N16702), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: aircraft departed & returned to cle w.o.I. Due to low oil indication from #2 engine. Continental express maintenance removed and replaced the #2…
- [Incident 19940129006939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940129006939I), Jan 29, 1994: Emb EMB120RT (N16702), Mobile, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: on climb-out of Mobile, windshield cracked,and aircraft returned to mob for landing.

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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