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Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120 · Indianapolis, IN · July 15, 1998

Date
July 15, 1998 · 07:01 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
C2XA
Aircraft
N31711
Reported as
EMB EMB120
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

En route cle to ind, the crew received a flap control fault waring. An emergency was declared, the aircraft landed uneventfully at ind. Maintenance found the connon plug for the right outboard flap actuator to be sealing improperly and allowing moisture ingress, causing the fault indication.

As the FAA filed it

EN ROUTE CLE TO IND, THE CREW RECEIVED A FLAP CONTROL FAULT WARING. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT IND. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CONNON PLUG FOR THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FLAP ACTUATOR TO BE SEALING IMPROPERLY AND ALLOWING MOISTURE INGRESS, CAUSING THE FAULT INDICATION.

Other reports on N31711 · 3

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