# Incident 19980803036559I: Emb EMB120, Rochester, NY, August 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- 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: N31711, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31711-2000-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980803036559I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1998 AT 1900 LOCAL, AT THE COMPLETION OF LANDING ROLL OUT ON RUNWAY 4 AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CONTINENTAL EXPRESS EMB-120 TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY CHARLIE AND BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATIONS FROM THE LANDING GEAR. FIRST OFFICE MICHAEL BUGDEN REPORTED THAT THE VIBRATION BECAME SO STRONG THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS WAS CONTACTED. TWO PASSING AIRCRAFT, A USAIR COMMUTER AND UNITED AIRLINES REPORTED THAT BOTH LEFTHAND MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE DEFLATED AND SMOKING, BUT NO FIRE WAS EVIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND CONFIRMED THE ABSENCE OF FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPLANED IN AN ORDERLY, NON-EMERGENCY FASHION WITH THE PASSENGERS WALKING AND TAKING SHORT SHUTTLE RIDES TO THE CONTINENTAL GATES. AIRPORT OPERATIONS AGENTS CONDUCTED A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS FOR DEBRIS AND OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ON-GOING RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION. NOTHING WAS FOUND. CAPTAIN JOHN KEOWN AND THE FIRST OFFICE BOTH OBSERVED THE FLAT TIRES AND SAW NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE OR BURST ON THE VISIBLE SURFACES.  COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM CLE FOUND #1 BRAKE LOCKED, #1 AND #2     TIRES BLOWN, AND #2 BRAKE OK. BOTH TIRES AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED, THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND FOUND FUNCTIONAL AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N31711 (3)

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

- [Incident 19980715026229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980715026229I), Jul 15, 1998: Emb EMB120 (N31711), Indianapolis, IN. 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…
- [Incident 19961121039909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961121039909I), Nov 21, 1996: Emb EMB120 (N31711), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: acft ret cle w.o.I. Due to crew report of loud vibration with landing gear retracted. C2XA cle mx removed and replaced a landing gear relay box.…
- [Incident 19890817047539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890817047539I), Aug 17, 1989: Emb EMB120RT (N31711), Cleveland, OH. Smoke in cabin after takeoff. Returned. Found right hand pack cooling turbine had failed.

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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