# Incident 19981119042589I: Boeing 72722, Rochester, NY, November 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1998, 06:58 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- 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: N148FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148FE-2003-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981119042589I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1998, DURING APPROACH TO ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, N148FE, A B-727-100, OPERATED BY FEDERAL EXPRESS, EXPERIENCED A FLAP ASYMMETRY TRIP, LOCKING THE OUTBOARD FLAPS AT 2 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO IT'S RAMP.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFTHAND OUTBOARD FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER TO HAVE SUFFERED A SEPARATION OF THE MOUNTING FLANGE AND HOUSING EFFECTIVELY DISCONNECTING THE TRANSMITTER.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE TRANSMITTER, RESSET THE FLAPS AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  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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