# Incident 19971031034709I: Fokker F27MK100, Buffalo, NY, October 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1997, 19:21 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N2CN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK100
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971031034709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1997, AT 1921 EST, A FOKKER F-100, N2CN, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES, MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER REPORTING AN OXYGEN QUANTITY PROBLEM WHILE ENROUTE FROM ORD TO BOS. THE FIRST OFFICER'S MASK WAS STUCK IN THE "ON" POSITION AND THE OXYGEN CYLINDER WAS DEPLETED, THE PRESSURE INDICATION HAD DROPPED AND THE CREW DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO OPERATE AT A LOWER FLIGHT LEVEL REQUIRED BY THE NEW OXYGEN CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. MAINTENANCE RESET THE MASK, CHANGED THE DEPLETED OXYGEN CYLINDER FOR A PROPERLY CHARGED ONE, REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISPATCHED IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. 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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