# Incident 19971112038819I: Swrngn SA227AT, Rochester, NY, November 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1997, 07:03 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N555GB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971112038819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 7:03 LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997, AT THE NW CARGO AREA (US AIRPORTS, INC.) MERLIN EXPRESS AIRCRAFT #439/N555GB, WAS OBSERVED BY INSPECTORS O'NEILL AND WILLIAMS AS IT WAS PUSHED BACK BY A TUG. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BOTH ENGINES RUNNING. THE RAMP WAS CONTAMINATED. APPROXIMATELY FOUR LINEPERSONS WERE IN ATTENDANCE WITH ONE PERSON ON THE TUG AND THREE OTHERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTAMINATED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF WET SNOW. INSPECTORS O'NEILL AND WILLIAMS EXPECTED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD PROCEED TO ANOTHER LOCATION FOR DEICING, BUT AT 7:08, N555GB TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 22 WITHOUT DEICING. 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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