# Incident 19960827030019I: Saab 340B, Rochester, NY, August 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1996, 19:59 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NVEA
- 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: N191AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960827030019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 27, 1996 EDT, A SAAB 340, N191AE, OPERATED BY FLAGSHIP AIRLINES, INC., DURING APPROACH TO A LANDING, EXPERIENCED A LEFT LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED A GO-AROUND LANDING AND RECYCLED LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE ON LANDING GEAR INDICATION. LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS VERIFIED DOWN VISUALLY A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. CFR RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. MECHANIC FOUND LEFT LANDING GEAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION LOOSE. MECHANIC CONNECTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND SYSTEM CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY. 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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