# Incident 19960120001839I: Fokker F28MK0100, Rochester, NY, January 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1996, 09:55 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N1417D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1417D-2004-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-650-15 (registry code 54557, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-650-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- People aboard: 29
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120001839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 20, 1996, AT 0955 EST, A FOLKER, FK28, N1417D, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES, DURING DESCENT PHASE OF FLIGHT TO ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EXPERIENCED A FLAPS ASYMMETRIC MESSAGE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. FLIGHT CREW DIVERTED FLIGHT TO BUFFALO AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FLAP CONTROL BOX, PART NUMBER CON5305, WAS REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1417D (1)

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

- [Incident 19990924029159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990924029159I), Sep 24, 1999: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1417D), Little Rock, AR. (-23) On September 24, 1999, at 0915 CDT, N1417D, a Fokker F-28-MK0100, registered to and operated by American airline as flight 526, enroute from dfw to sdf,…

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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