# Incident 19960125003339I: Emb EMB120RT, Rochester, NY, January 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1996, 09:05 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: C2XA
- 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: N47722, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47722-2012-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960125003339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 25, 1996 AT 0905, AN EMBRAER EMB-120RT AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL EXPRESS AIRLINES, EXPERIENCED A FLAP ASYMMETRY PROBLEM WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE ROCHESTER, NY AIRPORT. THE CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND IT WAS FERRIED TO CLEVELAND FOR REPAIR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO PERSON WAS INJURED. THE PILOT HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CLEVELAND, OH ON JANUARY 25, 1996 AT 0745 HOURS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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